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[byblow]

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[onlyhymns]

[There's a pause of anticipation.]

Um. I don't know, but she was pretty bright.

[dead silence]

[byblow]

[ That silence is left to go on for a while, because Alistair has to process what just happened. ]

Cade.

[ Another beat. Then a laugh, belated and sort of surprised. ]

You tell jokes now?

[onlyhymns]

[He sounds nervous.]

Did you like it?

[byblow]

It's brilliant. I just wasn't expecting-- [ An imaginary friend felt more likely than a joke. ] Have you tried it on any women? Women love puns.

[ Trust him. ]

[onlyhymns]

[Cade trusts him implicitly.]

...they do?

SUDDEN SPONTANEOUS TAN

[byblow]

Absolutely.

[ At least he's putting his own romantic chances where his mouth is. ]