Snippet #1781007

Andrew was at the beach. The sun was behind him as he looked out over the ocean. The people around him were enjoying themselves. Off to his right, a four-armed man was building a sand castle with a two-armed boy. These mutations have seriously screwed up some families., Andrew thought as he looked around. To his left, a girl was levitating a book in front of her, flipping the pages mentally. Andrew turned and walked back to the vendors, about thirty yards away. Once there, he went back to the alcohol vendor, and saw the girl who had tried to pick his pocket, Rina, with a man and woman, though Andrew doubted the two were a couple. He put a dollar on the bar, and the bartender took the bill, scrutinized it for a moment in the light, then placed it in the register and got Andrew his beer.

"Why'd ya check my bill, Tom? Don't ya trust me?" Andrew said, using the man's name.
"No, I trust you. But recently I've been getting more than a trivial amount of funny money. Gotta be careful."
"I hear ya. Later."
Andrew opened up the beer and sat down