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[toconquerfear]

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[toconquerfear]

Thank you, Mr. Parker!

I'm so glad you were able to get some nice ones before you got called away. It must have been a real important story they needed you for.

[combfooted]

Well, sure. A Wayne Gala is always important, isn't it?

[toconquerfear]

They are to me. I know they're kind of silly social pages things for most people, but we raise a lot of money for the Foundation.

[combfooted]

Hey, I don't think you're silly.

[ well. ]

Alright, maybe your interview with Johnny Carson.

[toconquerfear]

Silly is kind of the point with Johnny!

I'll tell you a secret, though. Ed's friendlier.

[ she is on a first name basis with Ed McMahon, yes. ]

[combfooted]

Wish I could say the same about Jameson.

[toconquerfear]

That's your editor, right? I think I spoke to him on the phone.

He sounded

busy?

[combfooted]

He's always doing ten things at once, and nine of 'em are yelling.

[toconquerfear]

Gee, that must make it hard for anyone else to get anything done.

[combfooted]

Aw, you learn to tune it out.

[toconquerfear]

I guess you'd have to. If you're going to get anything done in this world, you have to learn how not to listen to the people trying to get in your way.

[combfooted]

Yeah, I bet you know plenty about that. It's pretty admirable.

[toconquerfear]

Thanks, Mr. Parker. Does that make you a women's libber, too?

[combfooted]

Sure. My aunt raised me after my uncle passed.

[toconquerfear]

I'm so sorry for your loss.

Did she work, too?

[combfooted]

Sure she did. Diner, grocery store, down at a mechanic's shop. Wherever she could get some extra cash.

[toconquerfear]

Good for her.

That must have been tough, though. Sort of lonely for you.

[combfooted]

Hey, I'm tough. Nose to the grindstone, and all that.

[toconquerfear]

Oh yes, that's what I mean. It must have made you tougher, too.

[ From one orphan to another. ]

[combfooted]

Well, I didn't have a fancy butler, but I got by.
He's a real piece of work, huh?

[ alfred maybe doesn't like him. maybe. possibly. ]

[toconquerfear]

Alfred? He's a softie when you get to know him.

[combfooted]

We talking about the same guy?

[toconquerfear]

Well, which of us has known him her whole life?

[combfooted]

Sounds like a clear case of bias.