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The blueprints of the Miller family’s suburban backyard were spread across the sticky vinyl booth of the diner. Molly tapped a brightly colored flyer featuring a cartoon unicorn with the tip of her switchblade. Her eyes gleamed with the cold, calculated avarice usually reserved for Swiss bank vaults or heavily armored casino transports. Across from her, Bill nervously shredded a paper napkin, his massive shoulders hunched over a lukewarm cup of black coffee. He was a veteran safecracker who had done hard time in maximum security, yet the prospect of their current target made his palms sweat profusely. "Tell me again why we are hitting a seven-year-old's birthday bash," Bill whispered, leaning over the laminated menus. "I usually rob banks, Molly. Places with armed guards and dye packs, not bouncy castles." Molly rolled her eyes, sliding a surveillance photograph of a towering, ribbon-wrapped mountain across the formica table. She had spent three days perched in a neighbor's oak tree with a telephoto lens to get that shot. The sheer volume of pastel wrapping paper was dizzying. "Do you know how much an authentic buildable plastic millennium spaceship goes for on the secondary market?" Molly asked, tapping the glossy photo aggressively. "Wait until you see the gift registry. These suburban parents don't buy cheap junk. It is pure, untraceable plastic gold." Bill squinted at the photograph, adjusting his thick-rimmed glasses. He recognized the high-end electronics boxes peeking out from beneath the glittering bows. Still, the tactical environment presented entirely unique hazards that made his criminal instincts scream in absolute terror. Toddlers were notoriously unpredictable witnesses, and hopped-up first-graders were basically tiny, sugared-up sociopaths with zero regard for personal safety. "What about the security detail?" Bill muttered, rubbing his stubbled chin. "A dozen caffeinated mothers and a teenager in a sweating dinosaur suit?" "The dino is our way in," Molly grinned, revealing a chipped canine tooth. "We tranquilize the kid behind the rhododendrons, you take the suit, and I pose as the balloon artist. While the brats are distracted by the piñata, we bag the loot." Bill stared at his partner, wondering when their illustrious criminal empire had pivoted toward grand theft playset. He envisioned himself stuffed inside five pounds of green foam, waddling away with an armful of singing dolls and miniature kitchen appliances. It was deeply humiliating, even for a guy who once escaped a police precinct hidden inside a dirty laundry cart. "I am not wearing a tail," Bill protested, crossing his thick arms stubbornly. "It ruins my peripheral vision, and frankly, it is beneath my professional dignity." "You will wear the tail and you will roar on cue if it gets us that limited-edition dollhouse," Molly hissed, rolling up the blueprints with a sharp snap. "Now finish your coffee, we need to go steal a minivan for the getaway." Bill sighed, downing the bitter dregs of his mug. He grabbed his leather jacket, mentally preparing himself for the most perilous, glitter-soaked heist of his entire career.