[011] Sunday 30 August 2022.

[rathereffable]

Comments

[celkin]

You look like a panda? That doesn't sound pleasant!

[rathereffable]

Rubbish -- of course I look pleasant with panda eyes. I daresay it's rather fitting for my reputable cuddly nature. Could do without the ghastly headache and having to lie down with a sack of frozen peas on my face though.

[celkin]

I meant it sounds like it hurts. And you can take things so you don't have a headache!

[rathereffable]

What is it with girls and not getting that -- I prefer to take it like a proper man, thank you.

[celkin]

It's not manly if your face freezes from the peas! You might end up without a nose!

[rathereffable]

Oh, come now, the peas aren't that cold -- come to think of it, they seem to be melting right now. Should I use a charm to re-freeze it or look for a sack of frozen mangoes instead? I doubt we have any though -- I suspect Mummy thinks they are vulgar and foreign.

[celkin]

Frozen mangoes would hurt!

[rathereffable]

What? Why?

[celkin]

Because they are heavier!

[rathereffable]

I don't think I'll be able to feel anything once my face is frozen, to be honest.

[celkin]

That is why you shouldn't freeze your face! You might want to feel something!

[rathereffable]

I thought one's got to freeze one's face to make the swelling stop? Not that I'd know -- I'm only doing this because Daddy insisted on it.

[celkin]

I don't know, but it might freeze permanently!

[rathereffable]

I don't think they'd make mangoes that cold. Anyway, I'm sure there's got to be some magical way to de-frost my face should it come to that! Magic can fix anything.

[celkin]

It sounds uncomfortable.

[rathereffable]

It sounds like it'd build character.