He pushes his sunglasses to the top of his head and turns to her.
"Now, hey."
His sharp tone only sounds more irritated than he actually is.
"First of all, the horse hit on me, okay?"
He barely says that without a laugh.
"And second of all -- a sense of adventure? Listen, burning buildings are more than enough adventure for me. I've already got like a lifetime of adventure under my belt, okay, so anything else I do, whether it's waving to squid--" He pauses and calls out toward the middle of the lake, rippling with slight waves as the squid roll and bob just beneath the surface, "--Hey, out there! How ya doin'!-- or whether it's riding a horse, it's just...I dunno, just a thing that I happen to do, that happens to be different from the things I normally do. Y'know? I mean, I ain't sittin' on this horse right now 'cause I wanted an adventure."
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"Now, hey."
His sharp tone only sounds more irritated than he actually is.
"First of all, the horse hit on me, okay?"
He barely says that without a laugh.
"And second of all -- a sense of adventure? Listen, burning buildings are more than enough adventure for me. I've already got like a lifetime of adventure under my belt, okay, so anything else I do, whether it's waving to squid--" He pauses and calls out toward the middle of the lake, rippling with slight waves as the squid roll and bob just beneath the surface, "--Hey, out there! How ya doin'!-- or whether it's riding a horse, it's just...I dunno, just a thing that I happen to do, that happens to be different from the things I normally do. Y'know? I mean, I ain't sittin' on this horse right now 'cause I wanted an adventure."