Buy a Hundred Chocolates, Get a Free Case of Anxiety

The crowd toppled a barrier. Chen used First-Bite Step to reach a trapped child, only to slip on rolling boxes. General Crunch covered its insignia in shame. The hamster inhaled. Anxiety became gray fog flooding its cheeks, and it grew until it blocked the aisle. Chen ate the chocolate and opened an empty locker. [TEMPORARY FLAVOR LOAN: SALT STOREHOUSE.] Panic struck his chest. Two hands seemed hopelessly inadequate; he wanted to pocket the water, extinguishers, and Luo's camera. Yet everyone's anxiety now appeared as portable salt crystals. He wrapped the crowd's momentum in soda bubbles, dashed through the aisles, and packed gray crystals into his temporary storehouse. Su shut off the scarcity messages.