xii. THE HANGED MAN

SO IVE [Heards…]!!!!! IM BASICALLY [SuperSonic]

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( he stares at her. looks down at her knee. looks back up at her. blinks a couple times. )

THE WHAT?

HEY!!! I COULD SAY THE SAME THING ABOUT YOU[r Ugly Mug!]

NUH UH!!! I [prommy]!!!!!

// SCARY!!!

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( really really really strained smile )

LETS JUST QUIT THE [comparison game] ALTOGETHER OKAY

KEEEE3P CALLING ME A PUPPET BRO PUPPEEETTTTTT SPAMTONNN I ACTUALLY LOVE IT PUPPETS ARE LIFEE

LiiIKE
LIKE [[Elvis Presley]]

RUN!!!!! ITS A [gay people tomorrow]!!!!!

HOW ABOUT YOU ELABORATE AND I TELL YOU WHAT YOU HEARD INSTEAD. 8^]??

LET’S COMPARE ME TO SOMETHING [True and Beautiful] INSTEAD

YOURE GAY

NOTHING. DID YOU THINK I WAS [[On the team]]?????

I STRAIGHT UP CANT [Controller] IT

I BET CUDDLING WITH THAT [Hot Green Bi*ch Named Breakfast] FEELS LIKE YOURE [[Laying on the remote]]

OK MY FAULT [Paper Plate] I CANT %*#$ING HELP IT SOMETIMES

WELL I’M NOT A [[THICK Pippin.]] SO IT OBVIOUSLY DOESN’T APPLY ?? TO ME ???

GEEZ!!! [My Condolences]!!!! HEHEHAHEHA

………
WE’RE A REAL COUPLE OF [[Sad Sacks]], HUH.

+

with the joint deconstructed, it’s easy for her foot to pop right off, and he very gingerly sets it down on the ground. he reaches to start working on her knee next; but he pauses and looks up at her curiously, resting a hand against her thigh. )

STILL FEELING OKAY?

YEAH, WELL.

( he gears up like he’s got some sort of witty retort to that, but whatever argument he’s got sticks in his throat and dies there. )

DON’T LET IT GO TO YOUR [Big Balloon] HEAD.

( he places the screws in a neat pile next to him, and the pieces of her ankle in a separate pile. +

IS THIS A [[Shovel Talk]] IS THAT WHATS GOING ON RIGHT NOW

[[The Red Thing Is Back!]]

WELL
YOU KNOW

I HAD [colleagues]!!! AND [Business Associates]
AND I’D LIKE TO THINK YOUR MOM AND I WERE FRIENDS. BEFORE THINGS TOOK AN [[All-inclusive romantic trip for two south of the border!]].

BbBBUT OTHER THAN THAT ,

……. ( grimaces a little bit. iffy little so-so motion )

UuuhhHhH

M MARRIED!!! ACTUALLY
TECHNICALLY

WHY DO YOU [Askjeeves]

OHHH [[The Red One]] MY WEIRD THANG

…….. yYES ???

YUUUURRP [Truth Shot]

WHAT WHAT WHAT IS IT

OH

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WELL H33Y!!!!! IF [Pity] IS WHAT GETS ME [complimentary towels] THEN KEEEEEP ON DOIN IT!!!!!