Leo has a feeling that it will be annoyingly evasive. But he fully intends to crush it!
"Hey there," he greets, stepping into the holoturtle's sensor. "How are you enjoying the party?"
"Hmm, well... It's just as humdrum as ever," says the turtle, sounding uninterested. "If this were happening at my grandfather's estate, it would be far more grand."
"Your grandfather's estate?" Leo repeats, sounding impressed. "Oh yeah, he was that real hotshot... What'd he do, again?"
The turtle seems torn between being affronted that Leo doesn't know and being excited to talk about his family('s money).
"He was the richest oil baron this side of the nation!" the turtle explains, without qualifying what "nation" they're talking about. "He had business sense that took him from rags to riches! He was unrivaled by all others... until I was born, of course."
This is crap, but Leo just nods along. "Oh yeah, you're way more accomplished," he agrees. "Like when you...?"
"Why, just the other day-" the turtle starts, and then launches into a tale that is surely embellished and still doesn't say much. Leo just nods along anyway, like this is the most interesting thing he's ever heard.
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"Hey there," he greets, stepping into the holoturtle's sensor. "How are you enjoying the party?"
"Hmm, well... It's just as humdrum as ever," says the turtle, sounding uninterested. "If this were happening at my grandfather's estate, it would be far more grand."
"Your grandfather's estate?" Leo repeats, sounding impressed. "Oh yeah, he was that real hotshot... What'd he do, again?"
The turtle seems torn between being affronted that Leo doesn't know and being excited to talk about his family('s money).
"He was the richest oil baron this side of the nation!" the turtle explains, without qualifying what "nation" they're talking about. "He had business sense that took him from rags to riches! He was unrivaled by all others... until I was born, of course."
This is crap, but Leo just nods along. "Oh yeah, you're way more accomplished," he agrees. "Like when you...?"
"Why, just the other day-" the turtle starts, and then launches into a tale that is surely embellished and still doesn't say much. Leo just nods along anyway, like this is the most interesting thing he's ever heard.