Rae watches Fezzik and Inigo, looking downcast. "What do you want to bet we're due another-"
"Grandpa, Grandpa, wait!"
"...Yup." Rae looks a little smug as the scene changes back to the boy's bedroom.
"Wait," says the grandson. "What did Fezzik mean 'He's dead'? I mean, he didn't mean dead. Westley's only faking. Right?" The Grandfather doesn't answer, instead asking,"You want me to read this or not?"
"Seriously, kid," Rae interjects. "Let him get on with the story instead of interrupting and critiquing all the ti... um..." Rae falls silent, having the decency to look mildly apologetic.
"Who kills Prince Humperdinck?" the grandson insists. "At the end. Somebody's got to do it. Is it Inigo, who?" "Nobody," answers the grandfather, frankly. "Nobody kills him. He lives." The grandson can't accept this, and his sense of storybook morality is outraged. "You mean he wins? Jesus, Grandpa, what did you read me this thing for?" The boy's grandfather displays infinite wisdom and uses the threat of not finishing the story to get the boy to behave. "You know, you've been very sick and you're taking this story very seriously. I think we better stop now." He closes the book and stands up, getting ready to go. The ploy works."No, I'm okay," insists the boy. "I'm okay. Sit down. I'm all right."
"Someone needs to give that grandfather an award," Rae can't help but remark, grinning.
"Okay. All right," the grandfather relents. "Now let's see, where were we? Ohhh, yeah. In the Pit of Despair.
The scene opens in the Pit of Despair.
"Well," declares Inigo, "the Montoyas have never taken defeat easily. Come along, Fezzik. Bring the body." He begins to leave. "The body?" Inigo turns to ask, "Have you any money?" "I have a little." Inigo glances at the still body of Westley once more before turning to continue out of the Pit of Despair. "I just hope it's enough to buy a miracle, that's all."
Rae's head tilts as she thinks of something. "Where did Rugen and Humperdinck go? How did Inigo and Fezzik not run into them leaving as they found the secret tree. They must have booked it out of there once Westley was dead."
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Date: 2015-11-26 06:24 am (UTC)"Grandpa, Grandpa, wait!"
"...Yup." Rae looks a little smug as the scene changes back to the boy's bedroom.
"Wait," says the grandson. "What did Fezzik mean 'He's dead'? I mean, he didn't mean dead. Westley's only faking. Right?"
The Grandfather doesn't answer, instead asking,"You want me to read this or not?"
"Seriously, kid," Rae interjects. "Let him get on with the story instead of interrupting and critiquing all the ti... um..." Rae falls silent, having the decency to look mildly apologetic.
"Who kills Prince Humperdinck?" the grandson insists. "At the end. Somebody's got to do it. Is it Inigo, who?"
"Nobody," answers the grandfather, frankly. "Nobody kills him. He lives."
The grandson can't accept this, and his sense of storybook morality is outraged. "You mean he wins? Jesus, Grandpa, what did you read me this thing for?"
The boy's grandfather displays infinite wisdom and uses the threat of not finishing the story to get the boy to behave. "You know, you've been very sick and you're taking this story very seriously. I think we better stop now." He closes the book and stands up, getting ready to go.
The ploy works."No, I'm okay," insists the boy. "I'm okay. Sit down. I'm all right."
"Someone needs to give that grandfather an award," Rae can't help but remark, grinning.
"Okay. All right," the grandfather relents. "Now let's see, where were we? Ohhh, yeah. In the Pit of Despair.
The scene opens in the Pit of Despair.
"Well," declares Inigo, "the Montoyas have never taken defeat easily. Come along, Fezzik. Bring the body." He begins to leave.
"The body?"
Inigo turns to ask, "Have you any money?"
"I have a little."
Inigo glances at the still body of Westley once more before turning to continue out of the Pit of Despair. "I just hope it's enough to buy a miracle, that's all."
Rae's head tilts as she thinks of something. "Where did Rugen and Humperdinck go? How did Inigo and Fezzik not run into them leaving as they found the secret tree. They must have booked it out of there once Westley was dead."