Lance made a good puppy slave curled up in Justin's lap, but Justin could hardly lead his shrunken boss out of his office on a leash. Besides, thanks to the Chronivac, Justin realized he could turn Attila into a real doll. He would sit in a curio case, as a mindless plastic doll, during the day when Justin was at work, and become Attila the dog boy when Justin was home to play with him. No need to run the A/C all day or worry about Attila being lonely. As he typed, Justin felt the warm rubber clad man in his lap straighten out and stiffen as he became heavy duty plastic. Justin opened his satchel and put his new doll away.
He looked at the monitor. Oh, yeah, the new subject. He hadn't wanted to deal with anyone right then, so he used the Chronivac to freeze them. He could've just clicked on the window to see who it was, but if it was Jennifer, he really didn't want to see that corpulent creature naked, and the Chronivac seemed to default showing all subjects naked, no matter how they were dressed. He walked to the door, unlocked it and opened it. There holding a glass to his ear was Rick Sanchez. His eyes were cast behind him to make sure no one saw him. He was as stiff as a statue, and awkward as one too. Justin guided the frozen man back into Attila's office. He closed the door, and propped Rick up against the hat stand.
"I wonder what you were up to?" Justin said, as he sat back down at Lance's desk. He typed, and the Chronivac played back the last 30 seconds of Rick's thoughts before he was frozen.
"Good everyone's a lunch. Attila always places his stock orders with his broker over the phone, so there's no electronic trail. The quarterly dividend report comes out in three days, so do I short or go lon-"
"You look like a mannequin, Rick," Justin remarked, "Might as well be one."
Justin looked inside Rick's suit coat, and smiled, "JC Penney, I should've known."
A few clicks on the keyboard and Rick faded from existence. Well, existence in the office, but he materialized in the Mens Department of JC Penney, a mile away.