#1065: Shoes explain

[Cueball, holding a sword, looks up to a disembodied voice coming from above, and a box hovers in the air before him.]

Voice: For saving my kingdom, I offer you a gift of great power.

[Cueball’s sword is now propped up against the right edge of the panel. The box opens, a glow emanating from within.]

Voice: These magic shoes enable the wearer to outrun death itself.

Cueball: Thank you. I…

[A close-up on Cueball as he examines the shoes. They have five toes.]

Cueball: Whoa, wait. They have those creepy individual toes.

[Cueball puts the shoes back in the still-hovering box. The sword cannot be seen.]

Voice: But they make you immortal.

Cueball: …I have to think about this.