With a weird half snort half cough, JW's attention was yanked back to the counter. In all honesty he was pretty baffled at himself. He saw weird things all the time when he world-walked. Krem showed him photos of grizzly monsters he faced all the time.

But there was just something about Forehead Mouth dude. The way the upper maw jutted downward, JW figured if you flipped Varker upside down, the second mouth would be smiling!

Unless the mouth that was talking to him was actually the second mouth.

"In my defense, you called me horns first," JW reminded Varker in a dry tone. The paper pastry trade happened swiftly.