Howard walked around for about fifteen minutes watching the other players before he found an unoccupied game that looked interesting. It was a computerized simulation of a commando attack on an enemy fortress. The static advertising display promised in lurid letters and gut-wrenching graphics both gore and extreme levels of violence. Howard grinned to himself as he put two dollars worth of quarters into the machine and began his game. Anita wasn’t there to manipulate him into selecting a more pastoral diversion like the movie she had conned him into seeing with her the other day. Howard needed serious catharsis and this was just what the doctor ordered! Halfway into the game, Howard felt the presence of watchers nearby. He moved his eyes quickly to the side so he would not miss the next opportunity to fell a foe. There were three older teenagers standing around him watching his play.

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