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the once-ler

Twenty Nine Truffula Trees

[It has been some weeks since the Once-ler could play his guitar, the broken ribs he'd received during the Event Horizon mess had made it too painful. But now he's healed enough, he's making the most of it. He's sitting on his clinic bed, his journal open beside him, playing one of the many songs he's learned since arriving here. After he's finished, he lets out a satisfied sort of sigh]

I missed that. [Oh right, open journal] Any requests? I'm out of practise. I can't promise I'll know it, but I'll give it a shot.

[Lucrezia]
[He'd asked for time, and it's what she has given him. He can't fault her for that, so:]

I've still got your birthday gift to play for you, you know.

[Alvin and Blues]
I don't know about you guys, but I think we should give our car a test run. And a name, probably. But given my love for lisping syllables, someone else should probably do that.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

It's been pretty quiet so at least you had time to recover.

It' probably won't last.

But hey, that reminds me, how'd you like to drive a brand new machine me and a couple of guys have built? It's for a contest, and I couldn't think of anyone who'd race better than you.

Really? That'd be amazing!! I'd--

Wait a minute. You're always worried I'm gonna hurt myself walking down the stairs. Why are you letting me drive your machine? [sudden suspicion]

[Because he wants to win and you're the most likely candidate to make that happen]

Because it's something you're good at, and it's something you enjoy. I can ask someone else if you don't want to do it...