Sticker Poll ANIMALIA!

Vote for the tortoise sticker!!

Holden: Yes. You’re in a desert walking along in the sand when all of the sudden you look down-

Leon: What one?

Holden: What?

Leon: What desert?

Holden: It doesn’t make any difference, but in this case it’s the Black Rock Desert.

Leon: But how come I’d be there?

Holden: Maybe you’re fed up with the default world, maybe you want to be by yourself or with 50,000 of your friends. who knows? You look down and you see a tortoise, Leon, it’s crawling toward you-

Leon: Tortoise, what’s that?

Holden: Know what a turtle is?

Leon: Of course.

Holden: Same thing.

Leon: I’ve never seen a turtle on the playa. (pause) But I understand what you mean.

Holden: You reach down, you flip the tortoise over on its back Leon.

Leon: Do you make up these questions, Mr. Holden, or do they write them down for you?

Holden: The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun beating its legs trying to turn itself over but it can’t, not without your help, but you’re not helping.
At once you realize the upside down tortoise is a coffee cup, filled to the brim with coffee. Steam rises from its belly.

Leon: What do you mean I’m not helping?

Holden: I mean, you’re not helping. Why is that Leon? (pause) They’re just questions, Leon. In answer to your query, they’re written down for me by BMorg. It’s a test, designed to provoke an emotional response…