A banking representative, or ‘thrall’ as he preferred to be known, explained that any rumours of fluids or assets being drained were a complete fabrication. One gaunt and pale customer explained: ‘They visit savers in their homes, at twilight. but only if we’ve signed a waver inviting them in. And promise not to use garlic. There’s a brief neck/fang interface and then your arms go all floppy’. The banker remarked: ‘We’ve a commitment to our stakeholders. Get it? Stakeholders? Stake? Oh, suit yourself’.
