Editing 57: Wait For Me
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| titletext = Opening dialogue by Scott | | titletext = Opening dialogue by Scott | ||
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | In this comic, [[Megan]] is returning after a short absence of under two minutes. | |
+ | [[Cueball]]'s reaction is as if she had been gone for years, and had formed a relationship with someone else while waiting. | ||
− | [[Megan]] is | + | His pause before admitting to the affair, as well as the claim of having a son by the affair [[Megan]]'s age suggest that he is joking. It is impossible for [[Cueball]] to have a son [[Megan]]'s age from an affair while he is notionally seeing [[Megan]] (unless he had the relationship with [[Megan]], and the affair, 9 months before she was born. Certainly not within the 90 seconds [[Megan]] claims to have been gone. |
− | + | ==Transcript== | |
+ | [A man and a woman stand facing one another] | ||
− | + | Woman: Why didn't you wait for me? | |
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− | + | Man: I thought you were gone forever! | |
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− | + | Woman: I said I'd be back in a minute! | |
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− | + | Man: The . . . the seconds went fast at first, but then they started to drag on. She was there for me. | |
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− | + | Woman: You had an affair in the 90 seconds I was gone?! | |
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− | : | + | Man: . . . yes. |
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− | : | + | Man: And we had a son. |
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− | + | Man: He'd be about your age now. | |
− | + | {{Comic discussion}} | |
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