"This is news to me, because I have never heard of sarcasm and was definitely serious about selling encyclopedias for a living."

"I was just ruining your joke."

"Make him behave," Alex says, again pointing at Sadde.

"It is not nice to ruin people's jokes, pet."

He giggles. "Sorry, Alex."

"Apology accepted."

"So, what are the plans for today?"

Shrug. "Nothing much. My train might've been late, didn't want to schedule anything."

"We could all watch a terrible movie and then get dinner!"

"Does the movie have to be terrible?"

"Well no but I really enjoy your reactions to terrible things."

"I feel like this has bad incentives!"

"Considering that these reactions tend to be either fixing them or wanting to fix them or explaining in detail how you'd go about fixing them, I think presenting you with terrible things is an overall very profitable activity."

"But I'm not a movie producer!"

"Fine, we can watch a good movie, then," he giggles.

"Is there anything good playing?"

"I have nnnnno clue!"

Isabella opens her laptop and consults the listings. "Oscarbait, romcom, same thing we saw last week, weird art film, animated kid movie, buddy cops..."

"What about oscarbait?"

"Sure, Oscarbait's fine, it'll be heartwarming or something."

"Mmhm, when's the best session?"

"Two hours. We can grab food in town first."

"Sushi!"

"I'm cool with it. I've never eaten sushi, though, you guys will have to teach me."

"You put it in your mouth and chew, pet."