# THE SECOND CHANCE

And because the Universe really does remember, the DTO story didn’t end with that first disastrous AGT audition.

Much later, the Universe expanded again.

Civil War ghosts entered the story.

They discovered dancing.

They discovered disco.

DTO discovered the ghosts.

And somebody realized:

They had unfinished business with America’s Got Talent.

The Golden Buzzer had gotten away once.

They weren’t letting that happen again.

This time there were rules.

The polar bears were instructed:

### KEEP YOUR PANTS ON.

Sheldon was instructed:

### WEAR THE CORRECT GOGGLES.

The ghosts were informed that:

### 1863 IS NOT AN ACCEPTABLE FORWARDING ADDRESS.

Leo wanted a dressing room.

The polar bears wanted matching tour jackets.

The cats requested a rider.

Sheldon considered the entire thing his “postseason.”

Approximately twenty-four hours after their latest expansion, the newly enlarged DTO performed *Spookie Ookie Ookie* on America’s Got Talent.

And this time…

Simon hit the:

# GOLDEN BUZZER.

The one that got away finally came back.

Because the Universe remembered that too.