"I was told you're a monster," the hero said.
"So they say," said the monster.
"But you're beautiful!"
"Thank you."
"Have you always been a monster?"
"Heh. I was a young maiden. But I did something forbidden."
"And became a monster?"
"Got named a monster."
"What did you do?"
"I hit back."
The message from the stars was very long and complex, but contained instructions how to decode and parse it incrementally.
There was an image, of a very cute furry creature. And a text, which loosely translated said:
"Send cat pics please!'
"I was told you're a monster," the hero said.
"So they say," said the monster.
"But you're beautiful!"
"Thank you."
"Have you always been a monster?"
"Heh. I was a young maiden. But I did something forbidden."
"And became a monster?"
"Got named a monster."
"What did you do?"
"I hit back."
"How about I kidnap the dragon," the knight said, "and you come to rescue them?"
"It's still the same story," the princess said.
"No! We're all subverting-"
"I am tired of being in stories," the dragon said.
"What?"
"If you're not in a story, what even are you?"
"I'd like to find out."
"How about I kidnap the dragon," the knight said, "and you come to rescue them?"
"It's still the same story," the princess said.
"No! We're all subverting-"
"I am tired of being in stories," the dragon said.
"What?"
"If you're not in a story, what even are you?"
"I'd like to find out."
Spaceship lands in the park. A door dilates. Alien comes out. Says to the gathering crowd:
"I've been all over the universe, seen everything. Can you entertain me?"
Someone in the crowd shouts: "Great clown Pagliacci is in town, jokes out of this world!"
Alien starts crying. "But Earthlings..."
Spaceship lands in the park. A door dilates. Alien comes out. Says to the gathering crowd:
"I've been all over the universe, seen everything. Can you entertain me?"
Someone in the crowd shouts: "Great clown Pagliacci is in town, jokes out of this world!"
Alien starts crying. "But Earthlings..."
