She didn’t know what he did at his job, but it didn’t sound unusually exciting or flabbergasting. Of course, she didn’t expect that she would see any marvels at her dad’s work on Career Day. Though Lily thought that she herself was too quiet and too boring to ever do anything interesting, she believed that if she just was watchful enough and silent enough- so silent that no one could even tell she existed-she would eventually see marvels. There were interesting things like this everywhere, waiting to be noticed. Behind the dry cleaner, some ladies held newt races. A professor down the street had a skeleton hanging in his vestibule. The town’s baseball team had a secret handshake that went back to the time of the settlers. She believed that if you watched carefully enough, you could find miracles anywhere. Lily believed that the world was a wonderful and magical place. Her bangs parted like a curtain showing a nose-and-chin matinee.
When she needed to see something particularly important, she blew on her bangs diagonally upward, either from the left or the right side of her mouth. She watched things a lot, and thought about them a lot, but she didn’t say much, except to her closest friends. Most people didn’t know that Lily herself was interesting. The highway went through, and people were pulled over by the police if they drove more than five miles above the speed limit. There was a supermarket and a library, and several mini-malls with discount clothing outlets. There had not been very many mad scientists. Up until then life hadn’t been very interesting for Lily.
On Career Day Lily visited her dad’s work with him and discovered he worked for a mad scientist who wanted to rule the Earth through destruction and desolation.
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