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Slaughterhouse-Five Chapter 8, Section 20

By Kurt Vonnegut

Chapter 8, Section 20

Trout would have followed Billy upstairs but Billy told him not to.
Billy goes into the bathroom and locks the door.
His son Robert is sitting in the bathroom on the toilet in the dark, holding a pink electric guitar.
Billy does not really know Robert yet—in fact, he is not sure if there is much to know.