The pie lay on the breakfast counter amidst unfurled layers of greaseproof paper, it's thick crust golden-brown and shining with layers of egg glaze.
Marshall eyed it suspiciously. The pie, so far as he could tell, did not eye him back.
"Hey, Syndi," he called through the open door that connected the kitchen to the living room. "Did anyone stop by the house while I was out?"
Syndi shrugged, not looking up from her magazine.
"I didn't see anyone," she said. "But if they came to the back door, they could have just let themselves in. Why?"
"There's a mystery pie next to the fruit bowl," said Marshall. "Mom and Dad aren't due back 'til tonight and that wasn't in the icebox this morning."
"Mystery pie, huh," said Syndi, turning a page. "Unidentified kitchen pie. Pies of unknown origin. Possibly stolen. Pie crimes. Pierated. Pieracy on the pie seas."
"You're not listening to me at all, are you?" asked Marshall.
"No," said his sister. "And I bought that from Grandma's Kitchen on the way back from my Needlework and Knife-Throwing class. Stop assuming everything is weirdness-related and eat your lunch."
"You could have just said."
"I could have," Syndi agreed.
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