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[There's a face to the British accent this time, and a little more of his radio-voice flare to it this time. He looks cheerful enough, considering his last post.]

All right, so - with the slight chaos from two days ago, thought I'd celebrate the silence and pay a visit to the library. This is what what I found. [he holds up a book - Learn French in 15 Minutes - and puts it back down to open on a marked page] Since French is my second language, why not share some of this book's very wise lessons with you?

[Because it isn't something you'd really do, Peter. But the curse has a different say today, so there you go.]

For example - this is a good one - mon chat est plein de puces.

Who can tell me what it means?

[He sounds amused. Go figure.

(hover over the sentence for a translation!)]

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[destinedtobeunpopular]

Well, it's obviously something really amusing. What does it mean?

[ Because he doesn't know French but he's curious. ]

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[Pronouncing with a little emphasis, eyes down on the book:] 'My cat is full of fleas'.

[He lifts the book, showing the picture of a ginger cat. The sentence is there, both in French and English. Facetiously:]

The poor thing.

[destinedtobeunpopular]

[ That gets a slight laugh. Poor thing, indeed. ]

That sounds like something that could be useful.

[onset]

Well, it is trying to teach French in fifteen minutes. Fifteen minutes a day, but still.

[destinedtobeunpopular]

Any good otherwise?

[onset]

Rather good at getting the basics out of the way, I won't lie.

[destinedtobeunpopular]

Hm. Maybe I should learn French.

[onset]

It's a good language.

[destinedtobeunpopular]

I'll take your word for it.

[onset]

Why take my word for it when you have this? [He shows the book, visibly facetious about it.]

[destinedtobeunpopular]

I'll take your word for it until I hear more of it.

[onset]

I'd be happy to indulge.

[destinedtobeunpopular]

Well, go on, then.