After the victory over the mutant humans, Aldo claimed the city was his ("Aldo says what we do now").In thefirst "strange interlude,"he compares them to a couple of baboons:Pardon me while I have a strange interlude.is working (a sign identifies the locale), a 1938 Dodge speeds along.The vehicle runs a red light and swerves as it barely misses a collision with aLos Angeles Timesnewspaper truck.I began to feel like a cheap nobody making a play for a girl that had no use for me.While I disturbed her, and I knew she hated me for that worst of all....Cora complains to Frank that it has been impossible for her to convince her husband to replace the drab, torn-down, wooden sign for Twin Oaks.