SNAPSHOTS~"Learning a lesson the hard way"

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Napoleon sat at his desk, somewhat bemused as he watched his partner. Illya was engaged in a conversation with himself, completely in Russian, of course.   He was keeping his voice very low, shaking and nodding his head and periodically emoting a few of the words.

Solo couldn’t recall ever seeing him like this, and not being able to catch anything but a few epithets, he finally interrupted the one-sided dialogue.

“What is wrong with you?”

“Huh?”

“Illya, why are you talking and swearing to yourself like that?”

“Oh, I apologize. It slipped my mind that you were here.”

“Well, gee thanks for ignoring me, but you still didn’t answer my question.”

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Writer's Choice: The Good Stuff

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The Good Stuff

Why I Like It:  I wrote this Picfic tale to illustrate the difference in thinking between the Greatest Generation and Baby Boomers.  Every mother of all my friends had "special company" items, dishes, glasses and in one instance, a ROOM that was for company only.  This is my response to that nonsense.

The link goes to AO3.