Li Yang and Jake froze, looked at each other, and turned around. They saw someone who looked like a an old woman crossing the road to meet them. They weren't entirely sure it was an old woman until she got closer. Following the catastrophe, a lot of people looked like old women.
She said, or rather screeched:
"You guys riding bikes now? No gas? Never mind. What have you got?"
"Uh?" said Jake.
"What do you mean?" said Li Yang.
"What the fuck do you mean, what do I mean? I mean pills. Red Devils, Blue Angels, Yellow Submarines, whatever. Anything that can make me feel good. Times being what they are, you need something to make you feel good, right? Right?"
She laughed. Her laugh was an exceptionally evil cackle, the kind of laugh that identified the murderous psycho in a horror movie. Then she began to sing:
When times are bad
When times are sad
Just pop a pill
And chill, chill, chill!
