gerard seems surprised to be asked this, but he doesn't actually mind explaining so. he'll just sit down. ]
Elody ... ? Well that's the famous story, isn't it? [ the froggening. ] Have I told you this at all? Or did you read it? I can start at the beginning if you want. I was cursed when I was a child, and spent a long time ... you know. Being a frog. Frog stuff. I lived in a lake near the castle. I was alone for a few years, but one day, she showed up. She had been playing with a golden ball - a toy, a gift from her mother - and she dropped it into the water by accident.
Yeah. Yeah, you told me about gettin' turned into a frog. [ He's very eager to breeze past that to the part he actually wanted to ask about. ] I might've, might've not but refresh my memory for me anyway.
At first I wasn't going to get it-- I mean. It's a very heavy ball, and I was just a frog, and I don't know. It takes a lot of energy to do something like that. But then we started talking, and she said it had been her mother's and her mother had passed away and I thought, I could do this one thing. It would be a good thing to do.
She offered to bring me back to the castle after that. We started talking. We were friends for quite a while, you know?
I'm not sure exactly. I don't think it happened suddenly or anything like that.
[ it is marriage math. it is. it's fine, I've got a general idea. ]
Just after a while, we both realized we, you know, feelings, but I was still a frog, so it was awkward. And then one day sort of a joke she though, well, why not give the frog a little kiss, just to see, and then the curse was broken and I was a handsome prince again. And we got married not too long after that.
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Hey, how'd you meet your wife?
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gerard seems surprised to be asked this, but he doesn't actually mind explaining so. he'll just sit down. ]
Elody ... ? Well that's the famous story, isn't it? [ the froggening. ] Have I told you this at all? Or did you read it? I can start at the beginning if you want. I was cursed when I was a child, and spent a long time ... you know. Being a frog. Frog stuff. I lived in a lake near the castle. I was alone for a few years, but one day, she showed up. She had been playing with a golden ball - a toy, a gift from her mother - and she dropped it into the water by accident.
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Yeah. Yeah, you told me about gettin' turned into a frog. [ He's very eager to breeze past that to the part he actually wanted to ask about. ] I might've, might've not but refresh my memory for me anyway.
What happened after she dropped the ball?
[ Phrase it better. ]
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At first I wasn't going to get it-- I mean. It's a very heavy ball, and I was just a frog, and I don't know. It takes a lot of energy to do something like that. But then we started talking, and she said it had been her mother's and her mother had passed away and I thought, I could do this one thing. It would be a good thing to do.
She offered to bring me back to the castle after that. We started talking. We were friends for quite a while, you know?
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[ Please understand, he has been very honestly listening. If he were the type like Kaveh, he might even have taken notes. Mental notes will do. ]
How long?
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A few years. Why?
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When in that did you realise you were in love? Both of you. And you know, make it official.
[ Sorry if this is more marriage math. ]
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[ it is marriage math. it is. it's fine, I've got a general idea. ]
Just after a while, we both realized we, you know, feelings, but I was still a frog, so it was awkward. And then one day sort of a joke she though, well, why not give the frog a little kiss, just to see, and then the curse was broken and I was a handsome prince again. And we got married not too long after that.
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[ But he also notably mumbles 'As a joke...?' under his breath.
He looks so troubled. ]
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[ yes. ]
So, first frog, then friends, then marriage.
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I think this was insightful. Maybe.
[ ...Holds out his little pastry to him. ]
Want this?
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Are you interested in settling down?
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I don't know about settling down, I don't think I can ever get that kind of life.
Just got stuff on the mind...
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[ he doesn't see. ]
I mean, as good a time as any, I guess. After you're dead and all.
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You didn't have to remind us all.
[ He was counting on you Gerard... ]