AUDIENCE: SHARON

[retellers]

Comments

[retellers]

That's fine. Go ahead and ask. [ a belated beat ] And don't call me "Master".

[maidforservice]

[at this point she really oughta just stop using "Master" at all]

What do you think of your comrades? Of Masters Fox, Rabbit, Goat, Swan and Tiger?

[retellers]

They're annoying.

[ WOLF ]

[maidforservice]

[. . .]

Is that all?

[retellers]

What else is there to say? We don't know each other.

[maidforservice]

No, but you've spent quite some time with them by now. Certainly you have deeper impressions beyond "they're annoying."

[retellers]

Not really. It's not like that matters so much. We're stuck working together, regardless of what I think.

[maidforservice]

[WOLF. . .]

I imagine they're going to have their hands quite full, dealing with you.

[retellers]

With me?

[ offended ]

[maidforservice]

Oh my, don't be offended. It's a compliment, in a way.

[is. it???]

[retellers]

How?

[ ???? ]

[maidforservice]

It means they care enough to even do so in the first place.

[NOTHING SHE SAYS MAKES ANY SENSE]

[retellers]

What?

[ they feel like a broken record. ]