Excellent story; possibly my favourite UF piece in some while, even without being a fan of the source show (I'm not sure I've ever watched it). One question:

        The Original Toscanini's wasn't terribly busy.  There were
only three other people in the place, besides the staff, when Gryphon
and Sara walked in.  The jukebox in the corner was playing Johnny
Cash's "Ring of Fire", which struck Gryphon as a mildly peculiar
selection for an ice cream parlor.

Should this be considered part of the soundtrack for this story, and hence included in my soundtrack listing, or is it just background noise?

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The Wanderer