Echo, intrepid protagonist and narrator of ECHOES:
Sangu?
Me [jerks head up and chokes on drink]:
Echo?
Echo [indignant]:
Who else would it be? I'm the only one who persistently offers you inspiration, you know. Even when you don't want it.
Me:
But I wasn't expecting you! I was waiting to hear from the protagonists of the other book!
Echo:
Well, I thought I'd drop by instead. They're awfully lazy. Now, I'd really, really like to know- is [glances around and lowers her voice] you know, That Character, dead or not?
Me:
I'm not telling you.
Echo:
Will you tell me if I'm going to be grievously injured again anytime soon?
Me:
No.
Echo:
Well, can I at least be spared a scar this time?
Me:
No.
Echo:
Just so I understand, is that 'no, I won't be spared a scar and therefore will be given yet another one', or 'no, you won't tell me whether or not I'll be spared a scar'?
Me:
Echo!
Echo:
Okay, okay. I'll be off, then. [Smiles] Fancy having coffee tomorrow? I really, really want to know what you've got planned for me in the next book, because, obviously, I'm going to thwart you at every turn and do what I think is right.
Me [resigned]:
Of course you are. Tomorrow at seven, then?
please tell me this happened! and make sure linds doesn't write down the conversations that go on in her head, you'd give everyone a breakdown.
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