Carver grinned right back. "Barrel forgot about the bug. And I've been giving a few people advice that may or may not make things a little bit more entertaining."

She used a remote to turn on the television. It was already on the correct channel; she set it to rewind at 30x speed. The witches ran backward around the back room of the store in a blur, periodically joined by customers who were gone again in a flash. It took almost twenty minutes before Barrel showed up on-screen, and a few more seconds before he disappeared again. Carver quickly pushed play.

From off screen, Agatha could be heard saying, "Barrel! HI!" It didn't take long before she led him in view of the camera.

The pumpkin creature leaned forward to watch the fruits of her labor.