He held his arms up and out of the way as he rose higher and higher on his coils s that he could see over the aisles.

"Yeah! It didn't get me. Geez." Now that the sudden noise was over, JW settled back into being his usual crabby self. "You know I could tolerate this snake business if this world didn't go out of its way to remind me how ugly I am. I get it!"

A thought.

"The clerk isn't anywhere nearby are they? Did anyone see us?"