Mr Cool and Collected

What is his secret? They asked me. I had no idea. He was an anomaly to me. I had worked with him for years Nothing ruffled him He never got excited He drank out of a red plaid thermos. With tiny specks of yellow. Had for over ten years. What’s in the thermos? They asked me. We plotted and planned. I stole it after lunch on Tuesday. Ice I told them. Just plain ice. No wonder he is so cool, he has ice in his veins.