oh it was so light and airy until that last line. The monotony was comfortable, and you had to go and ruin it! I mean, it could have told him it would grant him three wishes, or that he should bet on a certain racehorse, but no! Not in your twisted mind! Now he’s gonna KILL his way to the top! :p This story needs a disclaimer: Warning! Sudden stop at end!

PS. thanks for my first challenge entry. Don’t mind the rant above. I just had to get that off my chest. This challenge deserves something showstopping.

LOL. Reminds me of Madeline and the Bad Hat. I can’t wait to see how this turns out, it looks like a fun story!

Gah! nearly trips over cliffhanger I was convinced this was going to be all hunky-dory… but why would I think that, knowing you wrote it? Of course you couldn’t have a normal ending!

Call it a defect, man! Wait, what do they do to defects?

I love the glimpse into into the life of hat inspectors and the secret hierarchy that governs some of them.