They turned left onto Charleston Avenue.

They turned right onto Park Road.

They turned right onto Main Street.

They drove down Main Street for a while.

“What do you think the Muppets do when they don’t have human hands in them?” she asked.

“What?”

“I said, what do you think the Muppets do when they don’t have human hands in them?”

“I heard you the first time. What the fuck are you talking about?”

“Do they just go to sleep?”

“I…” She could hear the saliva in the back of his throat. Gross. “Alice, you know they’re puppets, right?”

“Yeah, I know that.”

“They don’t do anything. They stop moving.”

They drove up Main Street for a while.