Well, at least he wasn't the only one who found it totally disconcerting. (He wondered what they'd be like, the other Stutelys. He wondered if they had his problem too, of being forgotten and forgetting in their turn, or if he was just the fuck-up of the bunch, which was as far as that thought got before he squashed it forcefully. There was a reason he tried not to contemplate these things too much.)
"You know, I think I will go for the alligator," he said. "I'm actually curious now. See if it's anything like I remember."