Stone Circle Crawl out of love

"Uhhhhhh," was Burr's long, drawn out response to Nanook's complete lack of humour. The woman remained in the water even though he had not-so-quietly implied that that was unusual. Okay, so he was a kid and his own sense of humour was still sorely lacking. And okay, he hadn't exactly been subtle about his own habit of stating the obvious. Still, he hadn't expected her to come back with something so predictably plain, and Burr wasn't able to see the silliness in it yet. He was still several months shy of complete comprehension and was baffled by it.

So he frowned at her, sucked in a breath, puffed out his cheeks, and yelled, "Duh!" Mama didn't like it much when he spoke like that, citing it as rude and unnecessary. Burr would agree when he was a little more understanding and refined, but for now, he was still a bit shy of any amount of maturity. "Bu' you're apposed to be dry, aren'cha?" he continued, and he was unable to prevent himself from lifting his chin just a notch as if he had just said something incredibly smart. "Aren'cha ummmcomfy?"