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Know your stars… Know your stars…
Cricket: Master said this little segment can help me improve my concentration and endurance. Show me what you got.
Announcer: Young Cricket… His favorite food is tooth-rotting candy.
Cricket: Uh… Excuse me? You got it all wrong. I favor the taste of warm meat buns and Chinese noodles. But candy? Especially tooth-rotting? Not a chance. That hinders my strength and gives me cavities! I don’t want that.
Announcer: Young Cricket… He got Mona pregnant!
Cricket (shocked): Huh? That’s not true! I’m always focused on training that I never have time to find a mate. Let alone getting someone pregnant! What are you?! Some sicko or something?!
Announcer: Young Cricket… He’s a major drama king!
Cricket (shocked): Are you kidding me?! I’ve never been on social media that much and I have never been an attention whore, threatening other citizens or any other dramatic actions like that! Or whine like a 4-year old in real life!
Announcer: Oh really? If you’re not a drama king, then what were you doing in this kiddy ride?
*shows a clip of him and Master Mantis slipping off a horse from Precious Prancers with him clutching on the side with a flinching face as he’s about to fall off.
(Audience laughing)
Cricket (embarrassed and angry): That? That’s just part of my training! One of the directions to excel is to push myself and that merry-go-round is trial like no other! And it’s not like I’m embarrassed! No one’s watching us.
Announcer: Training? I don’t see it.
Cricket (angry): Believe it or not, these horses are untamable! You’ve ever ridden one yourself?! They can throw you off on purpose!
Announcer: Now you know Young Cricket, the major sweet tooth drama king!
Cricket (furious): No, they don’t! They don’t know me! I don’t eat candy! I eat Chinese food! And you have no proof I knocked up Mona or became a drama king! And my moment at Precious Prancers?! That’s an important part of training that you are probably jealous about! Can you hear me?! Hello?! Master! Something extremely fishy is leaving false statements about me!
