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[silvia_broome]

Somewhere in South Africa, a teacher is walking away from her first day on the job. She's peaceful, glad that the day is over, and satisfied with her work. When she enters the bar instead of her apartment, her reaction is to be happier. This is a great way to spend the night after the first day at work. She orders a salad and tea and doesn't notice

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[oldromansaint]

"Languages aren't meant to be learnt quickly."

Santino disapproves, being the nationalistic Italian he is. He took a sip from the drink at his elbow, and turned to properly face Silvia.

"Though I am quite glad that you are interested."

[silvia_broome]

Silvia whips around to face the man.

"But you see I don't have time to learn languages the normal way. In this busy world, who has time to sit around and read books and do silly drills?" Smiling a bright, toothy, dishonest smile, Silvia sticks out a hand in Santino's face. It's quite thin and stuff. "Hi. My name is Silvia Broome. And you are?"

[oldromansaint]

Santino shook the hand, as if unperturbed. He smiled, handsome and friendly.

"Salvatore. I am Italian, you see, and I take exception to any devious tactics towards my language."

He laughed, a full and wholesome sound. "The drills aren't entirely as silly as you might think."

[silvia_broome]

"Oh, now, come on," she replies, her grin now flirtateous. "Of course they're silly! They take up so much time and you don't learn a thing." She lets go of his hand, leans forward, narrows her eyes (still with the grin) and pokes Santino in the chest with one of her thin fingers. "I think your language deserves better than that."

[yuppie_trash]

He blinks, jaw gaping.

He sets down his book and looks away, horrorfied. . .

He makes a very serious decision.

The tofu?

Must be stopped.

[silvia_broome]

As a famous dog, co-created by a sadly departed cartoonist, used to say: "Ruh-roh!"

In what seems no time, Bateman now has a bubbly blonde bouncing over to him. "PAT-triiiiick! How are you?" she squeals. The annoying American inflictions sound wrong coming from her South African accent.

[yuppie_trash]

"Homicidal," he replies politely and smiles so wide that it appears to be a preternatural feat of physiology, "But it might just be the flu. I am taking extra supplements for it. Just to prevent the onset, Ms. Broome. You look--"

Carefully, "--pink."

[silvia_broome]

Silvia smiles brightly. If possible, her smile may trump his. "Thank you! And you should see a doctor about those homicidal feelings. It's just not good to bottle those up inside."