“After a long day of screaming at the trees, I smell like a skyscraper. Would you care to ride on my elevator shaft?”

“It was like falling down an elevator shaft and landing in a pool full of mermaids.”

“The elevator wasn’t empty; it was full of fragrance. The perfume that lingered smelled like my past. Starting tomorrow, to focus on the future, I’m going to close my nose with a clothespin. One day, probably the day after tomorrow, people may regard me as a fashion visionary. Ah, but that’s life, no?”

“I care not if I live but a day and a night, so long as my deeds live after me.”

“And after we returned to the savannahs and abandoned the trees, did we long for those great graceful leaps and ecstatic moments of weightlessness in the shafts of sunlight of the forest roof?”

“need a ride?””Of course we need a ride!” Scarlett screamed at him. “Are you stupid?”“That would be nice, thank you,” I said smoothly”