The explanation was taken without question, as were most things that Billy was told these days.
"Of course it is, and if you'd stop complaining for five minutes you'd understand. Most people would be slightly grateful but no, you have to keep nitpicking."
The false Doll stared at Peter, head tilted to one side. The cautionary hand lowered to pluck at Billy's sleeve, and Billy responded as if it were a plea.
"No, they can't. It's bad enough for my concentration that you're here, with the Six trampling all over it would be unbearable." Billy's thumb rubbed the smoothness of the mask's forehead. He spoke with a fanatic's rambling and the same passion he usually used when talking about his own awesomeness. "Patience, Doll. Once the song is performed perfectly you will lack for nothing, and neither will they. I will be a god among the joyful masses, you a god's consort, and your friends my princes and princesses. Can you not forget these petty things? Think of what awaits us when I bring back what once was lost and fill this world with song!"
He took a swig from the water glass as the false Doll twisted into something approaching a sitting position. Its head rested against Billy's leg. But his poor lonely children...?
"I'll ask. Maybe we can put them in the garden or something." Were monkeys native to this area?
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Date: 2013-05-23 10:53 pm (UTC)"Of course it is, and if you'd stop complaining for five minutes you'd understand. Most people would be slightly grateful but no, you have to keep nitpicking."
The false Doll stared at Peter, head tilted to one side. The cautionary hand lowered to pluck at Billy's sleeve, and Billy responded as if it were a plea.
"No, they can't. It's bad enough for my concentration that you're here, with the Six trampling all over it would be unbearable." Billy's thumb rubbed the smoothness of the mask's forehead. He spoke with a fanatic's rambling and the same passion he usually used when talking about his own awesomeness. "Patience, Doll. Once the song is performed perfectly you will lack for nothing, and neither will they. I will be a god among the joyful masses, you a god's consort, and your friends my princes and princesses. Can you not forget these petty things? Think of what awaits us when I bring back what once was lost and fill this world with song!"
He took a swig from the water glass as the false Doll twisted into something approaching a sitting position. Its head rested against Billy's leg. But his poor lonely children...?
"I'll ask. Maybe we can put them in the garden or something." Were monkeys native to this area?