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" Cowboy to Spykid."
And Harry Bolt said, "I wish you wouldn't call me that. I need a better call sign. And I don't want Junior G-Man, Wonder Boy, Bambi, Scrappy-Do, Happy Meal, Fresh Meat, Zombie Bait, Boy Wonder, Shirley Temple, Red Shirt, Bear Cub, Son of a Gun, or any of the other stupid names you suggested."
"Really?" I said. "Now's the time for this?"
"I want to be called Jester."
"Jester? You think this shit's funny?"
"No," he said. "Because I don't think it's funny. The name's ironic."
"You're an idiot."
"I still want to be called Jester. It sounds cool. "
― Jonathan Maberry , Kill Switch (Joe Ledger, #8)