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"Now there's an interesting question," Will allowed. "Of course I would never do that to an animal."

"Of course not."

"Because it would be cruel."

"Sure, but I was just wondering."

"But a dirty little lamb-killing brat like you," he said, talking and moving at the same time, gripping the boy by the scruff of the neck and the seat of the pants and heaving him in one motion into the incinerator, "a brat like you is another story entirely."

The lid was closing before the kid even thought to scream. When it slammed shut and Will hooked the catch, you could barely hear the boy's voice. You could tell that he was yelling in terror, and there were also sounds of him kicking at the walls. Of course the big metal box didn't budge an inch.

"If that isn't brilliant," I said.

"I was wondering if you knew what I was leading up to."

"I didn't. I followed the psychology but didn't think it would really work. But this is just perfect."

"I'm glad you think so."

"Just perfect. Why, after the scare he's getting right now, he'll never want to look at another animal."

"The scare?" Will's face had a look on it I had never seen before. "You think all this is to scare him?"

He reached over and threw the switch.

The End