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[worksmart]

[There is a small blond child staring directly at the wall. We know it's at the wall, because the device only catches a side view, and he doesn't seem to know it's there. He's in school uniform: black knee shorts and a crisp white polo shirt and, as we watch, he takes a deep, deep breath.]

This is my report on THE COW.

[THE COW is as loud as it

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[orangetoughguy]

[This face says it all.]

Are you throwin' bull?

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[worksmart]

[Robert Chase startles very dramatically, and looks around the room wide eyed and quick-breathed. No one seems to be there, and nothing has moved, so he says under his breath, to himself.]

...The cow is a dairy... aw hey, a TV!

[Hi Freddy, he's noticed you. And he tips his head to the side as he comes over.]

How'd that get switched on?

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[orangetoughguy]

Could be a magic cow. Ever do a report on those?

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[worksmart]

[There is a little lip twist here. He knows something is wrong, but also that it can't be. Crouching (but not by much) he reaches out to the device.]

Not this. I want Kwicky Koala.

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[worksmart]

[Still very unused to this whole voices out of thin air thing.]

...Yeah. Everyone else was doin' sheeps.

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[worksmart]

Sheep aren't stupid. One time, Jakes got stuck in a field with them and they ate his socks. He told me.

[If the video was on, it would show him in the same empty room, but he says confidently]

Nope.

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[adamantined]

[Well, she'd like to go with audio, but this is admittedly too good an opportunity to pass up. Also, payback.

Claire taps on her camera to get his attention.]

How now brown cow.

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[worksmart]

[Chase looks a little bit dismayed by this. He's got the basic idea now, but still.]

Is this on all the TVs? [And here's why.] Everyone's gonna copy me.

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[adamantined]

Nope. [She shakes her head.] Special channel. No classmates allowed. I think you've got the report down anyway. No one will have enough time to learn it all by memory like that.

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[worksmart]

[Carefully he picks up a piece of paper by the device, covered in thick black marker pen in rounded, wobbly letters.]

I been saying it for ages. That's just how you do it.

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[ruthless_hunter]

Suddenly it looks like I got off easy.

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[worksmart]

[Chase repeats each word slowly, spelling the first long one out.]

What did you get off?

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[ruthless_hunter]

Oh you CAN say other things.

[Added as an afterthought.]

Text is slag at snarking.

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[worksmart]

[Again the words get slowly spelled out until]

S. L. A. G. Sl-... Alug. Slaaag. At. S.N.A.R.K.I.N.G.

[And some thought, and a huff. Doesn't know that word, or the slug one.]

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[byweavinglives]

The cow is a boring animal.

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[worksmart]

[He shakes his head firmly, peering in.]

Better than sheeps. [Though he's willing to cencede-] Dogs are best but I can't have one.

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[byweavinglives]

[She's working on something small and delicate]

How about sharks?

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[worksmart]

I sawed one once.

[This is exciting enough that he doesn't think to ask.]