[It's hard, thinking of something like that. If it's funny it's not a story, if it's a story it's not funny. She takes some time to think about it, almost too long. Maybe she should just make something up.]
I could tell you about how I met my best friend as a kid.
[Ellie pauses, just for a second, ordering it in her mind.]
My first day in a new school, I got cornered by a group of these older guys. They wanted to rough me up and steal my stuff. All of 'em had at least fifty pounds on me, and I was kind of mouthing off, waiting for an opening. Getting my ass kicked. The usual.
[A little sound like a verbal shrug.]
Anyway, here comes Riley. She calls them out, beats all of them into the pavement, and she wasn't that much bigger than me. I was... less than grateful. Sarge comes out, everybody scatters, Riley claps me on the shoulder and tells me to run.
My ass, of course, gets caught.
Turns out, when she was close enough, she ended up stealing my stuff.
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[It's hard, thinking of something like that. If it's funny it's not a story, if it's a story it's not funny. She takes some time to think about it, almost too long. Maybe she should just make something up.]
I could tell you about how I met my best friend as a kid.
[Ellie pauses, just for a second, ordering it in her mind.]
My first day in a new school, I got cornered by a group of these older guys. They wanted to rough me up and steal my stuff. All of 'em had at least fifty pounds on me, and I was kind of mouthing off, waiting for an opening. Getting my ass kicked. The usual.
[A little sound like a verbal shrug.]
Anyway, here comes Riley. She calls them out, beats all of them into the pavement, and she wasn't that much bigger than me. I was... less than grateful. Sarge comes out, everybody scatters, Riley claps me on the shoulder and tells me to run.
My ass, of course, gets caught.
Turns out, when she was close enough, she ended up stealing my stuff.