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"Right. There's a whole world out there."
"No!"
"I cannot tell a lie."
She caught her breath, shaking her head with a grin. "I would have been fine, though, right? You can't die here."
He went to the front and bought her a cone quietly, buying mint for himself before coming back to her, bringing her the vanilla.
He exhaled slightly. "This world you live in, Aspen... it's not real. I mean, yes, it's real, but it isn't the world."
"Incorrect."
"With a really nice butt."
Her shoulders shook with the laughter as she leaned her head forward tiredly. "Did I scare you?"
"Mm. Okay. Cup or cone?"
"I don't know. I just know that when I was that animatronic's age, I wasn't staring at screens."
He kissed her with a playful grin.
"So, so cute."
She was laughing deeply, still trying to catch her breath. "That... that was crazy!"
He draped an arm over her. "Do you know what you want?"
"Kids these days," he muttered.
"God, stop flirting with me!"
"But you're overwhelmingly handsome, so it works."
She gasped for breath, but she was laughing so hard she could barely speak. "Why... why'd you stop me?"
He followed her, and the teenager at the counter looked up from their math book. "Hi there," she said cheerfully.
