Change a Letter III

[Jubal]

We'll have to see if it can cope without fish.

[Tusky]

My guess is a firm: Nope

[Jubal]

NONE SHALL MAKE MERE GUESSES! WE ARE HERE FOR SCIENCE!

[Tusky]

That gave me a fright. I think I just lost one of my nine lives

[Jubal]

Drink some wine, you'll feel better.

[Tusky]

It usually does put a wide grin on my face!

[Jubal]

Quick, hide it again, the smile police are coming!

[Tusky]

what if I want to ride in a police car?

[Jubal]

I rode in one once. They're just cars.

[Tusky]

Was your ride in the role of an arrested criminal?

[Jubal]

No, it was for the sole reason that I'd been organising a protest and they wanted to check I wasn't going to invite anarchist infiltrators.*


*Unlike most of the stuff in this thread where I'm just going full surrealist, this is actually an entirely true story.

[Tusky]

Were you organising it solo?

[Jubal]

Not had I the wisdom of Solon could I have done such a thing! Though I did do most of the work.

[Tusky]

Well it's good that you did not get arrested, or become a fugitive or something and have to flee to solan on the lam

[Jubal]

Indeed, I can simply recline in the solar of my castle.