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This thread is making me smile so hard...

The silence that met her outburst made Pied's cheeks flame, though the sound of barking laughter made her jerk upward in surprise less than three second hence. She watched—with some trepidation, actually—as Sandy practically fell off his perch due to the force of his laughter. The sound was rather contagious, causing her lips to twitch, despite her humiliation. Damn it, Mo, she thought.

Suddenly, Sandy stood in front of her, congratulating her on her joke. "I'm sorry, that was really rude. I don't normally talk like that. I was channeling my grandmother..." she apologized sheepishly, despite his amusement. "I'm almost embarrassed to introduce myself properly, since there's part of me that would rather slink away in ashamed anonymity... but I'm Pied."