Science teacher by day. Independent artist by night. Somewhere along the way, a squirrel got involved.
Science teacher by day. Independent artist by night. Somewhere along the way, a squirrel got involved.

# THE FIRST AGT AUDITION

## Sheldon, Where Are Your Goggles?

DTO had practiced its routine.

Everyone knew the choreography.

They went to *America’s Got Talent*.

They performed.

And they were killing it.

They were synchronized.

They were entertaining.

They were actually good.

Even Simon was reaching for the:

# GOLDEN BUZZER.

And then things began looking…

wrong.

Everyone moved one direction.

Sheldon moved another.

Turn right?

Sheldon went left.

Move forward?

Sheldon went backward.

Formation change?

Sheldon headed the opposite way.

There was a reason.

Sheldon had learned the choreography:

# BACKWARDS.

He wasn’t wearing his updated prescription *Racing Goggles™*.

He didn’t have the correct glasses either.

Sheldon had therefore watched the choreography incorrectly, learned it incorrectly and proceeded to perform it incorrectly with the confidence of a turtle absolutely certain he was nailing it.

Then came the fatal decision.

The rest of DTO followed him.

What resulted was, technically:

### enthusiastically synchronized…

### but entirely incorrect.

The Golden Buzzer got away.

They lost.

Sheldon remained Sheldon.

And from that moment forward, one of the most important operational rules in the entire Ryanna Rogue Universe became:

# MAKE SURE SHELDON IS WEARING THE CORRECT GOGGLES.

Not similar goggles.

Not old goggles.

Not racing goggles with the wrong prescription.

### THE CORRECT PRESCRIPTION GOGGLES.

There are reasons for policies.

This one has witnesses.