"Apple, why won't you take it?"
"Do I have to? Are you sure it's not..…"
"I am sure."
"If you say so."
*Awooouucccfhhhhmmm*
"....How's it taste?"
*Mmmmm…Oummmmmmm…Oummmm….Ahhoummmm…..Nommm….*
"It's actually, very….."
*Petwooo*
"That's what I thought."
"Water."
"Here you go."
*Gulp. Gulp. Gulp. Gulp. Gulp*
"That's the third one so far."
"Give it a rest. Please. For my sake."
"Apple, you need to eat something; and I need to…."
"Not poison me.
Just trust that Elwin and Serenity are making due."
"Serenity?
No. No. NO. NO. No.
You cannot trust that girl with anything. She takes your ideas and uses them against you. Passes them off as her own, and cares nothing about your feelings. All she cares about is one thing and one thing only.
…..And it's not people."
"Don't be so hard on her. Everyone can change. I mean….look at me.
Have I not changed?"
"You're different, Apple."
"How so?"
"Well, you...…I...….just look out there. What do you see?"
"People walking on this peaceful morning!! Exercise is very good for the…."
"No. Where are they walking to?"
"Hold that thought. They are now running. But to where, I don't know. This window is so small that I can barely....THE CASTLE!!!!"
"Why does Serenity get to be called Master Chef, why are we not? Are we not good enough or something?
While Half runs to protest, people like me will diligently do what we know Serenity never can."
"This is not a race. We all want the same thing here?"
"Their is only one thing that Serenity wants; and if you think it is to train the next generation, then you are completely wrong."
"Have you ever wanted to train under her?"
"Hmmphhh!!
Like I would succumb myself to such lows. She's probably all; chin up. gloves on, creativity down, elbows bent at a ninety-degree, and then a..."
"How do you even know these things if you don't even talk to her?"
"All I know is that I am not going to eat anything she creates; no matter if it be a 'healer drug.'"
"I'm gonna...go now."
"Wait, you don't want to try anything else I've made? Please, I am sorry if I….
Where are you going?"
"To get real food."
*Click*
…*Beep, beep, beep, bap,, bap, bap, beeeeeep*
"Come on, Ruby. Pick up. Pick up."
"Yellow."
*Tisshhhhhhhhhh…..shiiishhhhhhhhh….tiiishhhhhhh.*
"Ruby?"
"I'm sorry, but there is no one here by that name. Can I take a message?"
"Why would you take a message if you don't even have a.....Good day, Sir."
*Beep*
"Umm…Good day to you too…..Sir?"
"Why do that make these things so small? Why could I have bigger fingers or something? Aaaaaghhh!!! I keep messing up.
Come on, Ruby. Pick up. I hope you are the right person this time."
"Yellow!!!!
.....Ummm….Yellow?"
"......Are you, Ruby?"
"Who's asking?"
"It's me, Apple."
"I don't know no, Apple.
....I do know a Banana. Would you like me to transfer you?"
"Ruby!!!!!"
"Aaaaaghhh. It is you, Apple. Just messing with you. How's it going?"
"You couldn't have taken Serenity more quietly?"
"What do you mean? I took her in the night. Under the cover of darkness."
"Maybe not dark enough."
"Why? What do you mean? Is she in trouble?"
"No, but everything out here is.
You may have come out earlier, but things have changed a lot since then. People are taking to the streets."
"Yeah. I know. Getting there walking in. Still don't know where though?"
"To you, Ruby. To you.
They are furious."
"And the others?"
"They are just as, but for a different reason."