On the Level
Originally posted on April 23, 2007
Eli: Did you get what you needed? I know this isn’t the biggest mall.
Cassandra: One more stop. Be patient, Eli.
Eli: I still can’t believe you actually forgot to pack something. The ever-efficient-and-oh-so-prepared Ms. Godard. Amazing.
Cassandra:I think you should know, Eli, that even though I don't have pad and pencil handy, I have an excellent memory and all of your sarcastic little comments are being duly noted. For your information, when I am rushed I sometimes forget things just like the rest of you humans.
Eli: Hmmm, human huh? Wonder just how human?
Cassandra: As human as I need to be. But when I’m doing my research, I prefer to be as objective as possible. If that makes people think I’m setting myself on a pedestal, then so be it.
Eli: Hey, a pedestal – good idea.
Cassandra: What are you going on about now?
Eli: If I can only find a pedestal you’ll be able to look me right in the eye. Without me getting a backache or you getting a crick in your neck.
Cassandra: I don’t know about the pedestal, Eli, but I would like for us to see eye-to-eye on things. If increasing my physical stature will help you we can consider….
Eli: You are so cute.
Cassandra: Cute? I was being serious. Vantage point and body language have important ramifications for proper communication. If you have trouble looking up to me any other way, I might have to utilize some form of artificial elevation. All in the name of science, of course.
Eli: Puts you into kissing range too.
Cassandra: That is not my intent. Kissing you was –uh, could be – a grievous error. I would greatly appreciate it if you would not mention that incident again.
Eli: I’ll try not to, but I must say, Ms. Godard, you’ve already thrown much of your precious objectivity right out the proverbial window.
Cassandra: (as if to herself)You're just quite full of yourself, aren't you Eli? . That was perhaps just a bump in the proverbial road. I can get it back if I want to.
Eli: Ha! Maybe you don’t want to then.
Cassandra: (thoughtfully) It’s got to be this hat. The minute I put it on tonight I felt like someone else. Yes, it’s a plot intended to make me into something I’m not, a disguise, a prop, a …..
Eli: Cassandra. It’s only a hat. And you look cute in it.
Cassandra: Heaven help me - if you tell me I look *cute* one more time, I'm going to take you out of the Artisan/Rational categories and devise a new one for you – Incurably Vexatious.