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[guppy_sandhu]

Guppy is at the bar, patiently explaining to his young son Alex (for the fifteenth time) why he cannot have a real life penguin for Christmas

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[a1enzo]

"Hey, Guppy! Hey, Alex!" Enzo calls, already preparing to have his boots inspected. "What's processing?"

His voice isn't quite fully adult yet, but only some fine-tuning remains.

[guppy_sandhu]

"I want a penguin for Christmas." Fry says.

Guppy nods to Enzo. An observant person might notice that his nose is still faintly bruised.

"Hey Enzo. Your voice seems to have stabilised."

[a1enzo]

"Yeah. It's still really weird, sounding like Matrix, but at least it's not glitching anymore."

He tries not to laugh at Alex's problem. "Fry, penguins live where it's really cold. I mean, really, really cold. Is your house really cold?"

[guppy_sandhu]

"Yes." Fry says. "It snowed an snowed an snowed."

"Yes, but only in winter." Guppy says.

[a1enzo]

"Where penguins come from, it's even colder than that, all the time. Way too cold for humans. I know, I've been there. You wouldn't be happy if it was that cold, and the penguin wouldn't be happy if it wasn't."

[guppy_sandhu]

"But... zoo is same cold." Fry points out.

"Yeah, but they have a big swimming pool at the zoo, we don't have a big swimming pool." Guppy says. "And it would be lonely on its own."

[a1enzo]

"And I bet you don't have room for a lot of penguins. Plus you'd have to take care of them all."

[guppy_sandhu]

"Mummy can." Fry says. He has this all planned out.

"No, Mummy will be going back to work soon. Coral will be coming to nursery with you." Guppy says. "You will be going to nursery four days a week, not three."

Fry stares at him with a 'couldn't you have broken all that to me in bits?' expression.

[a1enzo]

"Sounds like you've got a lot going on," Enzo says, a little weakly.

[guppy_sandhu]

"We always have a lot going on." Guppy says.

"He handcuffed Granny to the radiator the other day." he says in a hushed voice to Enzo.

[a1enzo]

Enzo manages to confine his "What?!" to a squeak that threatens to undo his recent vocal changes.

[guppy_sandhu]

"Gene lent him his handcuffs without me knowing." Guppy says. "They get on surprisingly well."

[a1enzo]

"Gene, the guy you got in a fight with?"

[guppy_sandhu]

"Yeah, we made up." Guppy says. "He was so nice to Fry, and Kate asked me to give him a chance."

Fry looks up at them.

"I'm not deaf." he points out.

[a1enzo]

Enzo looks startled, then sheepish. "Sorry, Fry."

[guppy_sandhu]

Fry starts playing with Enzo's shoes.

"So how are you doing Enzo?" Guppy asks.