Jokes and laughter

Previously

…The world outside the window was a blur of green fields and passing trees. He had no idea where they were going, what they would do, or when they would return. For the first time in a long time, Arthur Pendelton had absolutely no idea what was going to happen next. And as the bus rumbled on, carrying him further and further away from the comforting predictability of his life, a strange, unfamiliar sensation began to bloom in his chest. It was a tiny seed of anticipation, a whisper of excitement, a hint of the possibility that perhaps, just perhaps, this entire chaotic undertaking might actually be… fun.