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Okay, time to lighten the mood.

[Because after all this shit that's happened, she needs to smile. She needs something, anything, to take her mind off all of this and for a second, remember that being alive is good, and right.

And maybe to remember a simpler time.]

I've got this book of puns, right? Well, back in the day, it kinda used to be my thing. And I figure you guys could use this. Or groan, whatever.

Here goes.

A clown held the door open for me the other day.
I thought it was a nice jester.

The butcher backed up into the meat grinder.
He got a little behind in his work.

Yesterday I accidentally swallowed some food coloring.
The doctor says I'm okay, but I feel like I've dyed a little inside.

Pffft.

The man who survived mustard gas and pepper spray is now a seasoned veteran.

[That one actually makes her laugh out loud.]

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... no, only the one about the cute door is adorable.

What- Oh.

[She finally gets it! It is funny, it is really cute, but for the life of her, she just can't really crack a laugh.]

Ah, I see.

Man, not even a chuckle. Tough crowd.

It's not you, I suppose I am out of laughs. But they are endearing! You shouldn't worry.

Outta laughs?

It is amusing, believe me.

[She feels so self-conscious.]

... okay, if you say so.

Do you know more of them?

Tons of puns.

May I hear another one?

[Come on, throw them at her; she may be sullen usually, but she'll listen to you!]

Okay, here goes:

If you don't pay your exorcist, you get repossessed.

[She gets it much easier than the previous ones. Alice lets out a soft, amused hum. She doesn't quite laugh, but that's the closest she gets.]

Where did you find these?

[It's better than a grunt. Ellie laughs.]

Books, mostly. Some of 'em people I know made up. We kind of add to it as time goes on.

Do you mean to say you haven't wrote one of your own yet?

Not yet.

I guess you should starting writing them down, then.

[She's teasing, of course.]

[Ellie snorts, but hopefully Alice can hear the grin behind it.]

If I think of some good ones, I'll give it a shot.

Do you find them from the bookstores?

I haven't found any yet, but I'm on the lookout.

Would Odin's library have them by chance or would that be very "un-Odin" in the first place.

Can't hurt to give it a shot. It's got a kids section, you can usually get lucky there.

But why the children's section? Would it have it's own section-- comedy, maybe?

You'd think. But apparently adults don't know how to have fun.

Of course we do, sometimes we forget how!

You're saying you're an adult?

[Alice, never.]