thesphererp | audio un:pnwsalex

[When the audio starts, it's with the warm tones of Alex's Canadian, ready for radio reporter's voice, and from the background, it sounds as if she's in the merchant dome, because she is.]

Okay, I realize this is kind of silly. [Yeah, she does know, but she's going with it anyway, so...] But I'm trying to make a point to X'rut who runs the ice cream parlor. What's your favorite ice cream flavor back home? What kind of toppings would you like with it?

What sort of thing do you think never should be made into ice cream? My current one is pure wasabi with pieces of pickled plums that definitely looks like mint chocolate chip. I really don't recommend it. If you've ever eaten the ball of wasabi on a dare when you were having sushi with friends and had a fair amount to drink...

[That is a fairly specific story, Alex. Surely that was never you in college.]

Well, anyway, it's like that only turned up to a thousand. I can't imagine anyone enjoying it and salty plums. So let's give them a good idea of what kind of ice cream we would eat.

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I know it can seem kinda overwhelming, but if you want, we can go over and get a sampler of like the regular flavors and find ones that you like.

But not the wasabe one. No one should eat that ever.

[She isn't sure what wasabi is but she trusts Alex's judgement.]

I'd like that. I mean, if it isn't too much trouble.

Trust me, eating ice cream is never too much trouble.

[A beat.]

Unless it's the kind I just had, but that's a mistake I won't be making again.

So we'll definitely need to do it sooner rather than later!