Obviously all of this stuff makes perfect sense to _me_, but since I 
doubt anybody else thinks the way I do (which, according to my friends, 
is pretty damn convoluted), I'm submitting it to y'all for perusal.

Additionally, would it be annoying if I formatted this like a part of 
the SAT's Reading Comprehension portion? (i.e, line numbers, "Go to the 
next page", etc.)
---
	"Hold your horses, kiddo.  I'm not some pet you can take home 
just because 
you think I'm cute."

	"Why not?"

	"For one thing, I bite.  And I might eat you if you're not 
careful."

	"You don't scare me at all."

	"Then maybe I should give you a reason to be afraid."

	"Hey, what are you doing?"

	"What's it look like? Continuing the nice nap you disturbed so 
rudely when 
you barged in, of course."

	"What?!?"

	"Good night."

***

	"You're still here?"

	"You can't get rid of me that easily!"

	"Wonderful.  Aside from being reckless and ignorant, the brat 
is stubborn, 
too."

	"You're going back to sleep _again_?"

	"Fastest way to pass the time."

	"Don't you want to be free?"

	"I like it here.  It's nice and quiet, except for a spoiled 
little princess 
who won't shut up, but probably doesn't have the patience to wait a few 
eons for me 
to acknowledge her existence."

	"Fine! I'm leaving!"

	"That's a good girl."

***

	"I thought you said you were leaving."

	"I can't."

	"Very funny.  Just go out the same way you came in."

	"I tried, but the door won't open any more.  See?"

	"Ah.  Your nullifying spell must have worn off."

	"Does mean I'm stuck here...forever?"

	"Oh, for goodness sake, don't--"

	"I don't wanna! It's dark and stinky and all icky!"

	"Stand aside."

	"Huh?"

	"You heard me.  Unless, you want to be at the wrong end of 
_this_."

	"Eep."

	"That's what I thought."

	"So you're just gonna--WOW! That was awesome! Can you teach me 
how to do 
that?"

	"Couple of eons too early to start contemplating stuff like 
that, kiddo."

	"_Alice_! My name is _Alice_!"

	"'Exalted One', eh? Figures.  Well, Your Highness, there isn't 
any door now.  
You no longer have to face the prospect of spending eternity in such 
an 'icky' place."

	"This is goodbye, then?"

	"And good riddance."

	"Hmph! Goodrid ants to you, too! NYAH!"

***

	"You'd better have the world's worst sense of direction, Your 
Highness, or 
I'm going to make you regret even having thought of stepping foot on 
this continent."

	"I just wanted to know your name!"

	"So you can give me a yell whenever you miss me? No, thanks.  
Besides, I 
don't have a name."

	"What do your friends call you, then?"

	"If I had any friends, do you think I'd be here?"

	"Wasn't there somebody who liked you even just a little bit? 
Anybody at all?"

	"......Adam.  I go by Adam."

	"Okay.  'Bye, then."

	"I'm going to hate myself for this later, but...does the river 
over there 
still exist?"

	"Yeah.  Why?"

	"I figure if I'm going to take up your offer, I should make 
myself more 
presentable."

	"You mean it? Really?"

	"I warn you, one-thousand-year-old grime don't come off easily."

	"I'll wait.  However long it takes."
---
One more thing: Should I trust in the trivia know-how of my readers, or 
provide a cheat sheet for obscure references?

-"Dot" 
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#Improanfic at irc.sandwich.net (Improfanfic Chatroom) 
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