III, Voice;

[malodorous]

Right, um. I have a question.

Is it lying to little kids if I get a job pretending to be Santa Claus?

I mean, I know it's lying, I guess I just... Is it a mean thing to do? 'Cause I have this reindeer, and somebody offered, and extra money's never bad, you know? But I'd feel bad if I was lying like that, and if it might be, like, morally questionable.

I didn't know people went around telling kids they're Santa, that's all. Is that just a thing they do here? A-okay?

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audio

[boobwindow]

Oh, yeah?

audio

[malodorous]

Just... the people from my world, you know? Anna and Elsa, and now I have Sven to worry about, and--

I don't know. I wouldn't want to look like I'm running off, I guess, and I wouldn't want to make it hard to... Uh.

Never mind.

audio

[boobwindow]

Now you have to tell me.

audio

[malodorous]

There's not much to tell, really.

audio

[boobwindow]

But there's still something.

audio

[malodorous]

[ The worst. ]

Well, if I... If I move, I won't be able to see Anna as much.

Happy?

audio

[boobwindow]

Heh.

She likes it here?

audio

[malodorous]

Yeah, I guess so. She seems happy about most stuff here, anyway.

audio

[boobwindow]

She doesn't miss home?

[ That might conflict with Kristoff's desires, if he's still eager to run off from civilization. ]

audio

[malodorous]

I don't know. Probably? But she has her sister here, you know, and I think that's what matters more to her, not the place itself.

audio

[boobwindow]

[ She can understand that. ]

And where are you two at?

audio

[malodorous]

I'm still at Number Five, and she's at Number One.

audio

[boobwindow]

No, I mean...

You haven't... you know?

audio

[malodorous]

[ ... Oh. ]

How you know are we talking? [ Wait. No. There's been no zero knowing, no matter what degree we're talking. ] I mean-- No? No. Nothing like that.

[ Basically, there's just this understanding that he's pretty sure is there but is hapless to do anything about. ]

audio

[boobwindow]

Really?

[ She sounds surprised. ]

I thought by now you would have made a move.

audio

[malodorous]

Oh. Well, I just-- I keep forgetting.

[ Or, you know, chickening out. Same difference.

Wait. Hang on. ] That sounds bad, doesn't it? It's not-- I'm not forgetting, I just... can't figure out how, I guess. Something like that.

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[boobwindow]

[ Now she just sounds a little exasperated. ]

It's not that hard. Ask her to a movie or dinner.

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[malodorous]

Oh. Well, that's... I didn't think about a movie. We don't have movies, and I guess--

Okay. I can do that.

audio

[boobwindow]

If there's other things you both like to do, you can do that instead.

... what do you guys do for fun back home?

audio

[malodorous]

I don't know. I don't have a lot of time for that kind of thing.

I usually go hiking or climbing, if I do get free time. There's not a lot of that around here, though.

audio

[boobwindow]

Would she enjoy hiking?

audio

[malodorous]

I don't know. We went up the North Mountain, and she didn't complain or anything.

She tried to climb up a cliff, too, but she was really awful at it.

audio

[boobwindow]

Hiking and climbing sound like they're out of the picture. Why not try a stroll through the park?

audio

[malodorous]

Well, sure, but... She goes to the dog park with me and JR sometimes. If we just go to the park again, is that...

You know.

Special?

[ The word he's looking for is probably 'romantic,' but he's still edging around that. He's trying to maintain a gruff guy rep., after all. ]

audio

[boobwindow]

What does she like? Maybe take her to her favorite restaurant?