Sven Hold this.

Mel But it looks pointy.

Sven It is pointy. Hold it.

Mel Why am I doing this?

Sven Because you offered to help me out today.

Mel I thought, when you said you needed help with a problem, you meant something fun, or personal.

Sven No, I meant mechanical. All right, pass me those pliers.

Sad Mel This kinda sucks.

Sven This is science, Melina. Think of what we could discover! Think of how we could change the world!

Mel Uhm, Sven? You’re building a toy car.

Happy Sven This isn’t a toy car!

Mel Yeah it is. Four wheels, tiny car body, like a foot long maybe? It’s a toy car. Though why you want rockets in it I don’t know.

Happy Sven It’s one of a pair…

Happy Mel No!

Happy Sven They aren’t for actual use, it’s part of a display. If you were to wear them your feet would fly out from under you and then drag you and probably set fire to you.

Sad Mel That’s no fun.

Sven None. But in the display the shoulders of the model will be wired so everything will stay upright and it’ll look wonderful.

Mel Why not just pull the model along on wires, too? Why go to all the trouble to build funky rocket-powered roller skates?

Happy Sven If you had the option to make real rocket-powered roller skates would you suggest that everything could be done with fake ones?

Happy Mel No I suppose not.

Sven Right. Now hold these.

Mel So I really can’t try them out?

Sven You would be badly injured.

Sad Mel Badly, huh?

Sven Quite probably.

Sad Mel No way around it?

Sven None.

Mel What if you rigged my shoulders up like the models and I just went around the track?

Sven Melina. There is no way you can ride these. I’m sorry but it just doesn’t work like that.

Sad Mel Maaaaaaaaan.

Sven I’m sorry.

Sad Mel Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan.

Sven There’s nothing I can do about it. I don’t want you hurt.

Sad Mel No, I know. It just sucks the big one. The big hairy one.

Happy Sven Look, after we finish here we can go ride a roller coaster.

Happy Mel There are no roller coasters near here. Well none that are open.

Sven Hmm. Ice cream?

Mel What am I, five? Trying to bribe me to stop whining and then I’ll get ice cream?

Sven Yes, is it working?

Happy Mel Totally! Ice cream! Woo!

Happy Sven Yes, after we finish here.

Mel Right.

Sven Hold this.

Sad Mel Maaaaaaaaan.