If you're going to San Francisco....

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The city by the bay hums with its daily activities. Traffic is a little slow, but that's to be expected at this hour. University students argue in and out of the classroom. Waiters and waitresses take lunch orders for seafood or vegetarian cuisine. The skies are clear, and a light breeze ruffles along the winding streets. Just another pleasant

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Delirium is skipping across the water, hands held high.

ReD anD yellOW AnD drINk and blEEn! BuRPle anD torranGE aNd SHoe!

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Bart is zipping along, having miraculously procurred a touque and scarf from somewhere, playing in the snow between bouts of saving people sliding on the ice.

He catches sight of Delirium and stops dead.

"You... you're the girl from my dream!!"

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yOu'Re thE zIPpy BOy!

Delirium claps her hands, forgetting to skip.

dO yOU kNOw whERE my doGGie is?

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Bart's afraid to answer, in case he finally has gone completely ga-ga.

"Uhm... do you mean Barnabus?"

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WHo?

She stands on one foot, then tumbles over to stand on her head.

oH! BaRNY wHO sAYs I'M barMY bUt lOVes mE anYWAy! liKE mY bROther. I MISS mY brOTHEr. CaN yOu hELP Me fINd hiM?

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"Your brother or your dog?"

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mY bROtheR iS nOT my dOGGIe! SiLLy zoOPy boy!

She tumbles down from the headstand.

DO yOU lIKe mY sNOw?

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"Hey I never said he was and..."

He blinks at her.

"This is your snow?"

He thinks hard for the appropriate responcse, then shrugs. He has no idea what to do, so he'll just go with his first... impulse.

"No! It's yucky!! Make it go away or I won't be your freind!!"

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Purple and gold tears roll down her cheeks.

bUT i thOUGht it WaS nICer thAN tHe frOGGies. oR tHe piNGy pOnGy baLLs.

cAN't yOu hELp mE? tHe prETty pUrPle gIRl is suPPoseD tO hElP.

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Bart's face falls. "Oh, no, I'm sorry, please don't cry, pleasedon'tcryitisnicerthanthefroggiesthefroggiesgotsteppedinalotandIsavedasmanyasIcouldbutpeoplearestillhurtingandI'llgetMar'iforyoupleaseohpleasedon'tcry!!!"

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pOOr fROggIEs! PRetTy puRPle gIrL wITh tHe lONg bLacK ... uMMMMM....

hEAd stRinGieS?

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Bart nods.

"Sounds like Mar'i to me! StayrighthereI'llberightbackwithprettypurplegirlandyoucanaskherok?"

And he's off.