Sun Mote Copse Jimmy goes to space.

Bronco grimaced as Towhee missed his message completely and bawled in agony. Man, he'd done that so perfectly- and he'd wanted to catch her surprise and reaction to the slight all in one take- but now he had to rebound, recalculate, and spring his joke on her again...But the boy, sadly, had little to no game in terms of making up comebacks. He gave her a look that said no, really? when she explained her deafness and he shook his head. Why was it that his jokes fell so flat? He was fricking hilarious- why didn't anybody else see it?

So he had to try again, though his ability to come up with and correctly articulate a comeback were more or less at the level of a sheltered, middle school brat. He used Ptero, at least, to make sure that his message got across. -Deaf A-F?- I thought your name was SA-MAN-THA- He said, once again incapable of keeping himself from shouting the name while he signed it, and soon thereafter struck as haughty a pose as he possibly could, arching his back and squeezing his shoulders together so he could puff out his chest. -This is MY field, so......- He said, and rolled his eyes for dramatic effect, before he slid his gaze back to Towhee, watching for her reaction coyly out of the corner of his eye.