X, you will dress in the costume of the original Unknown X."A closet door opened near by, and at her request I changed into thetattered original costu...e of the Golden Age Unknown X. Patched carefullytogether on the inside by Madame Thriller's clothes cleaner specificallyfor me, his costume and tattered Fedora hat hopefully would be enough toprotect my identity."Let's roll!" I cried, and Madame Thriller replied. "Oui, Monsieur X,let us rock and roll!" . Please, honey? I'd love to see how you'd look. I bet you'd be darling."I paused. All at once mother's smile was replaced by a severe scowl. She closed the tube of lipstick and placed it on the vanity."Well," she huffed, "if you don't want to please your mother, you can go live with someone else. Or go to an orphanage. But I want you out of my room. I don't want to have anything to do with a boy who doesn't love his mother enough to play a harmless little game with her. Tomorrow I want you out. He was certain that if he had a better name he wouldn't get teased so much."Dill-Breath thinks he's better than us, don't you Dill-Breath?" Lester said. "All because your momma's a rich bitch with a fancy car." You take that back!" Delbert growled."Make me," Lester said.Just once, Delbert wished he could land a solid punch in Lester's face, and maybe break a nose or some teeth. But he knew better than to even attempt a swing -- they wanted him to start a fight, and he'd only get beaten up. Even. Despite its unusual size, I expected it to bolt as Kalum approached, but it must have been young or desperate, and it stood its ground. Snarling at Kalum, it opened its wide mouth to display rows of needle-like teeth, and shrieked a warning.I watched in disbelief as Kalum began to close in on the thing, his hammer at the ready. The creature could have leapt at him at any moment, tearing ribbons from his naked, densely muscled form, but Kalum advanced steadily, backing the creature toward the.