[ She hums, as if thinking on her feet for a name, but she can't think of anything better. ]
Signor Teddy. He had a most beloved wife once, Signora Teddy, but she has since become lost.
[ The expert of drama that she is, her voice turns pitiful just at the end, though it doesn't last long. Sadness is unattractive, hardly charming, and she means to remain bright, light, the girl of his dreams. It could still work. ]
Are you sure you would leave my mother's company for mine?
[ Aha, he catches on. Don't think he won't. It won't be clothes he's practicing on, but a stuffed bear. He wrinkles his nose imagining himself, ex-drug dealer, hunched over a stuffed animal and using a needle and thread.
Well, if she'll have his punk ass over, he'll bring his best sewing game. ]
I'd, uh, like to hang out with you both.
[ Why did she ask? He teases: ] You tryin' to shake me?
[ She's probably not gonna know what that means, Jesse. ]
[ She would settle for nothing less than his best sewing game. Even if that requires, yes, shaking him. His bashfulness is endearing however, nothing like pompous noblemen and tricky cardinals trying to get on her good side by whatever means. He seems sincere, which is a rare trait indeed. ]
Are you more charming when shaken? Kinder and sweeter too?
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Signor Teddy. He had a most beloved wife once, Signora Teddy, but she has since become lost.
[ The expert of drama that she is, her voice turns pitiful just at the end, though it doesn't last long. Sadness is unattractive, hardly charming, and she means to remain bright, light, the girl of his dreams. It could still work. ]
Are you sure you would leave my mother's company for mine?
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Well, if she'll have his punk ass over, he'll bring his best sewing game. ]
I'd, uh, like to hang out with you both.
[ Why did she ask? He teases: ] You tryin' to shake me?
[ She's probably not gonna know what that means, Jesse. ]
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Are you more charming when shaken? Kinder and sweeter too?