"Tick… tick… tick…The noise drove her a bit batty; she would note it in her records. Would it be possible to obtain a clock that did not make that incessant noise? Surely such a thing existed, and certainly it could not be that difficult to acquire."

"Tock", written by Nicki Ivey and narrated by Natalie Winter, was inspired by the keywords "Halloween", "common" and "missile".

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