Part 268: Vaike C

*Sigh*

Uh-oh. Something troublin' ya there, Maribelle? Cares got ya down? You can tell ol' Teach about it!

Oh, hello, Vaike...

...Wait, what? No fancy zinger? No swipes at your old friend Vaike? That ain't you at all! This must be some serious troubles, eh?

......

Aw, come on, Maribelle. What is it?

Vaike? Am I a... snob?

...Is THAT what you're so worried about? That kinda talk never seemed to bother you before. Why now?

So I AM a snob! Oh, I knew it! I've been thinking a lot about myself and my behavior lately. And you know what? I'm a snob! A sad, inexcusable woman who is proud and vain beyond her station...

Whoa, hold on now! Don't be hasty. I mean, sure, when ya first got here, ya wouldn't even look at us normal folk--

Yes, but you were all SO uncouth! What with the stench of the slum about you.

Now, see, there it is again. And just when I was startin' to think better of ya.

Better of... me?

Today's the first time I've ever heard ya even consider you might be wrong. Dummy that I am, I thought for a moment ya might be changin' your ways... But I guess a tigress don't slip her stripes so easily, huh?

Pah! I hardly think it is YOUR place to criticize ME, miscreant!

Yeesh! The tigress kept her claws, too!