... and all through the house, not a creature was stirring except for Steve's mouse.
"Quick, change that keynote slide, he's got it all posted."
"And you'd better do it quick, before you're ass is toasted!"

The night before Expo is kind of a weird time, there's a kind-of quiet before the storm type of feeling but it's hard to take advantage of because the ether is buzzing with everyone's predictions and conjecture about what his Steveness is going to announce.

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