[The ambiguous, suggestive phrasing earns Minnie one last, weak cry of protest.]
Minnie!
[Now, normally he'd go on and on about how Minnie is a married woman and all of this is an incredibly bad idea. So incredibly bad that, really, most other incredibly bad ideas look good by comparison. But today... today is different. So different...]
... Thank you for putting up with me, Minnie, in spite of all the trouble that I have given you. In spite of the pain that I must have caused you. Thank you for being my friend. Thank you... for everything.
[That said, he lowers himself to face her and holds her close to him, hugging her for what he thinks is the first time, and is actually his second.
... There is still no kiss yet, because, while he's way past the stage where he sees it as an odd custom that Earthlings have, it's just so damn embarrassing.]
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Minnie!
[Now, normally he'd go on and on about how Minnie is a married woman and all of this is an incredibly bad idea. So incredibly bad that, really, most other incredibly bad ideas look good by comparison. But today... today is different. So different...]
... Thank you for putting up with me, Minnie, in spite of all the trouble that I have given you. In spite of the pain that I must have caused you. Thank you for being my friend. Thank you... for everything.
[That said, he lowers himself to face her and holds her close to him, hugging her for what he thinks is the first time, and is actually his second.
... There is still no kiss yet, because, while he's way past the stage where he sees it as an odd custom that Earthlings have, it's just so damn embarrassing.]