I was also in the ladder queue for a good while in the afternoon, which by three o'clock was the worst place in Candyfloss Land, and Mello said "slow and steady, friend" to me twice. I did not enjoy it either time. I stayed in the queue.
15:00 · afternoon
the ladder queue
For an hour and forty minutes Mello stands in the worst place in Candyfloss Land — the queue for the one ladder — holding things for whoever is next and saying "slow and steady" to Fizzy twice. Nothing goes wrong. There is no row all day.
3 fluffs tell this minute. None of them saw the same one.
I stood in that queue for an hour and forty minutes and made it a better queue.
That is not a job anybody hands out. I held things for whoever was next so they had both paws free when their turn came. I said "slow and steady, friend" to Fizzy twice, and Fizzy did not enjoy it either time, and stayed. When Zippy arrived at a run, vibrating, and asked whether the queue was even moving, I said: "It is. Breathe in slow. Breathe out slower."
Zippy did. Then hummed most of a song, and stayed, and never once made it anybody else's problem, which I know cost Zippy something because I have watched Zippy for years.
And nothing happened.
Later I was in the queue for the one ladder, which by mid-afternoon was the worst place in Candyfloss Land, and I arrived at it vibrating and asked whether it was even moving.
"It is," said Mello. "Breathe in slow. Breathe out slower."
So I did, and then I hummed most of a song, and I stayed in that queue for twenty minutes without once making it anybody else's problem, which I would like noted.