21 November 2012

Part 27: sad dinosaur is sad


The next morning, well early afternoon both MJ and Dino had slept in, the clouds parted and brought forth the chilly winter sun. They had tea outside and stared at the burnt garage and trees.
“I forgot to call the fire department.” She took a sip of her tea.
“Yes, that may cause a problem when your neighbours return to their dwelling.” He sipped his tea (from a large cereal bowl).
“.... mmm....” She sipped her tea once more.
“Are you alright MJ? You seem... off.” He sipped some more tea. MJ looked up at his large eyes surrounded by his rough green face; her light blue eyes filled her head like a weird saucer of milk. She remained silent and sipped her tea.
“...ok...” Dino pulled a puzzled expression and took an uncomfortable swig of tea.
“You’re a dinosaur.”
“uh... yes it’s been stated a few times.”
“You’re not supposed to be real...” Her voice was soft and high pitched so she sipped her tea, but there wasn’t anything in her cup. It didn’t seem to bother her though.
“I thought you had come to terms with this already?”
She looked up at him again and sipped her empty cup; her eyes were now side plates.
“That was last night and I was higher than a blimp reading the weather forecast for tomorrow.” Empty cup sip again.
“Well that’s true, but... I thought... *sigh*” It was strange to see a dinosaur exhale air so audibly.

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