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[shoplifter]

Is this you?



[Ah, yes some little doodle in a book at the bookshop.

The resemblance is uncanny, right?]

[morningstud]

[Don't mind him sputtering at the sight of the doodle, his face a little pink.

Don't get mad, don't get mad...]

That's quite cheeky of you.

There's not so much red on me, though. Or horns. The tail is a nice touch, though, that would actually a bit fun; I could wag my tail when I'm happy like a dog.

[She doesn't know him nearly well enough to know the joke is because he's faintly uncomfortable, but hey! At least he's being nice.]

[shoplifter]

Oh, I see.

[The feed cuts. Very strange, very brief.

But then five minutes later:]

How about this one?

[morningstud]

[His eyes widen at the sight of that picture.]

Tasmanian Devil! I quite liked that one from the cartoons. He was always getting himself into trouble.

[That may or may not answer your question.]

[shoplifter]

[She seems more than pleased with his reaction, though...]

... I have not watched cartoons yet. I've just read comics, mostly.

[morningstud]

That's a shame. I wonder if it would be possible to procure the DVDs here...?

You'd love them.

Well, there are a lot of jokes about celebrities most people aren't familiar with anymore, but that's all right.

[shoplifter]

It's okay; I wouldn't know any celebrity from any time.

... DVD's are the disc-shaped movies, yes?

[morningstud]

I suppose it doesn't matter; you'd still enjoy the antics the characters get up to.

Exactly! Much more convenient than the VHS tapes people used to use. Easier to store much more information on that, which means much more cartoons.

[shoplifter]

[She's from the 2020's, bud, so VHS are probably extinct.

Unless we're going retro and bringing them back for shits and giggles.

Which, knowing society... y'know.]

... It sounds fun. Like comic books.

[morningstud]

[Either way it's fine, he's always talking anachronisms as it is.]

Precisely! There's this fantastic short, "What's Opera, Doc". If you can find that one, you should watch it.

[shoplifter]

What's Opera, Doc...

What is 'opera'?

[Oh Lucy, you're talking to someone who hasn't seen much of the world.

At all.

She's doing her best, though, she swears.]

[morningstud]

[That's all right, he looks momentarily thrown, but presses on unperturbed.]

Oh, it's a form of theatre. Very fancy, lots of people singing in French or German or Italian. Usually it's long and boring, and about people fighting.

[This is such a bad description of opera.]

[shoplifter]

It is boring, even with fighting?

[A bad description? Maybe...

But also Laura is 100% taking his word for it.]

[morningstud]

Oh, that's the thing, there's no real fighting in it. They sing about fighting, about love, whatever suits the story.

There's a lot of dancing, too. And plenty of the time, people don't even sing, they just talk.

[This is a man who hates opera describing opera.]

I quite prefer musical theatre to opera.

[shoplifter]

... Dancing is not so bad. I learned how to 'Walk the Dinosaur'.

[Laura, please.]

I haven't listened to music until recently, but I think I would like musical theatre.

[morningstud]

[He might not be good with kids, but Laura is absolutely growing on him.]

That sounds quite a bit more exciting than what I've seen.

[He nods at her, looking thoughtful for a moment.]

I'm sure you'd be able to find something you like.

[Laura almost certainly needs an actual adult for this, because his suggestion would probably be Avenue Q.]

[shoplifter]

I hope so, too.

Thank you for your help, Tasmanian Devil.

[morningstud]

You're quite welcome, little lady.