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By sheerest accident, a producer with Obelisk Group met up with the two Burn brothers in the grocery store. The rest, is, well.... It was way too early in the morning. Shelf stockers clogged the isles, a bored checkout girl kept her paperback open on the counter, and the producer shuffled in, his pajama top un-tucked and loose over his jeans. He made it to the bananas and stopped. There they were, still donned in their hospital gowns. Hair clipped to some severe regulation length. Staring at him like mice at the cat. One of them (Isaac, it turns out) reached down, picked another grape, and plopped it into his mouth. The other (Horace) elbowed him hard, but Isaac swallowed anyway. Defiantly. Both of them had grape stains around their clean-shaven mouths. Both stood still, not even blinking. What could he do? He grabbed four bunches of the seedless grapes and stuffed them in sacks. They watched without moving. Then, as the producer moved away, they followed. Down each aisle. Then, to the bored checkout girl. Then to the parking lot. It was still dark outside. They positioned themselves right by the door as the producer tried to pull away. Stared through the smeared glass of his Taurus, right past him, and right at the bags. He sighed. Rolled down the window. Offered a ride and some grapes. They got in. Turns out they had no where to go. And if so, were unwilling to talk about it. The producer drove to his own home, in silence, and they held his bags. An Expl