Night shift watcher

Slid out from the dark maze behind the TV and scrambled straight up a chair leg onto the coffee table. Wide open territory. Found a shiny metal bottle cap flipped upside down beside a stack of glossy coasters. Looked like a spotlight base. I stomped over, planted my feet inside the corrugated rim, and jammed my modular brick tower firmly against the coaster edge to stabilize the perimeter. Perfect perch. Down here, I can keep watch over the whole room while the shadows stretch out.