"But you know it would work, right?" Henry's eyes glowed. He knew that he was on to something, but he also knew that he would need Bertrand's help. Anyway, Bertrand was his best friend, of course he was going to tell him.
Bertrand palmed his face. "It might work. I'm just not sure that it's worth it."
Henry smiled. He knew that Bertrand would come around, that he would help, but that Henry would have to work him a little more so that Bertrand made sure that all of his objections were heard. "That's what they said about the Moon Landing. And now it's seen as one of the greatest human achievements ever. This will be worth it, too. Maybe not in ways that we can think of right now, but it will be. Totally worth it."
Bertrand kept his face hidden behind his hand. "This is not anywhere close to the Moon Landing. Anyway, how are you going to get enough water over there?"
"Jimmy's septic company has one of those trucks with the plastic cistern on the back. We'll borrow that. He'll let us. We'll just take the plates off."
"And that's how you're planning on pumping it in, as well, I suppose?"
"Yep."
"How are you going to get through the ice?"
"Propane heater. One of those cannon looking ones. Dilman's has a sale going."
"Do you know how long that's going to take?"
"Nope. But even if we don't get the money out, it will still be really cool."
Bertrand peeked through his fingers at Henry's grin. "Let me get all of this straight. You want to borrow Jimmy's water truck, wait until night, then pump all of that water into an ATM. You are going to wait, while the security cameras stare at you, until the water freezes, expands and pops the ATM open. Finally, you're going to try and melt the ice and get the money before whatever alarm summons the police."
"Yep. That's the plan."
"It really is the stupidest idea that I have ever heard." Bertrand sat back and shook his head again. "I will help, but don't think that I'm doing it because I approve. I just want to be close enough to save your sorry ass when it all goes wrong." He stood up. "Come on. I suppose we better talk to Jimmy." Bertrand walked out of the room, grumbling to himself.
Henry stood as well and said to himself, "Totally worth it."
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