"Hnh."
"Lovely weather, isn't it?"
"Mnh."
"I do like the sign you're carrying. HEAVEN DEMANDS GREATER ACCOUNTABILITY -- very neat."
"Bah."
"That isn't your calligraphy, though, is it?"
"No. It's the bitch's."
"What, the Bodhisattva your aunt?"
"Like I said. The bitch."
"Se supports you in this?"
"Hell. Se sent me to join this damn protest march."
"How very egalitarian of hir! So is se somewhere else here?"
"No."
"Oh?"
"Se said se had to paint hir nails but supported the general principle."
"And sent you instead."
"Bah."
"Mm-hm."
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