There was a murmur of, "Awww."
"Nor do we provide relievers with baskets of cherry blossom to allow you to make spectacular entrances."
Another whimper.
"Nor is it "cool" to wave at demons and say, "Bye bye.""
A sniffle.
"And if -- if -- I find out who has been circulating these pernicious and wasteful and utterly ludicrous ideas . . ."
Mass silence.
"Particularly," Laurence added, "if it has anything to do with the theft of my personal Bleach collection. Speaking of which . . ."