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“So! You come to tell me you have stopping looking!”
“I’m sorry. Yes. Mr. Waverly has…”
“Wavy? What is this wavy? Like submarine boats?”
“Ah, no. That’s Navy. NA vy. Mr. Wa ver ly. Our boss.”
“Bus. WHAT bus? Who is on bus?” Ilyusha? Ilyusha is on bus?”
“Not BUS. BOSS. Boss. Our boss. Our superior. The man that tells us what to do.”
“So. This bus man says no more looking for Ilyusha.”
“Ah, yes. He’s given us only so much time and…”
“and so NOW you stop…looking.”
“Um…Yes. I have to go back to my job.”
“Job? Job? What is this JOB? Is your work. Yes? Is what you do…you and Ilyusha. You fight bad guys.”
“Yes. We fight the bad guys.“
“Is bad guys that have Ilyusha.”
“Probably. I think…yes.”
“Ilyusha would not go BACK TO HIS JOB. Ilyusha would keep looking. No matter. Ilyusha would keep looking for YOU. He calls you, ‘друг сердца’. You know what this means, this…our words.”
“I think so.”
“What then. What does it mean? What does it mean…to YOU?”
“Uhhh. It means…brothers. NO. No. It means FRIENDS. FRIENDS of the HEART.”
“Da! YES! THIS…is what Ilyusha calls YOU. THIS is how Ilyusha FEELS about you.”
“I have to get back now.”
“SO! Go then, Mr. Greasy Eyes…but know THIS. Ilyusha would NEVER stop looking for YOU. No matter how long. He would never stop looking for his друг сердца. Never-Ever! SO. NOW. GO! Leave my home…and don’t come back without my Ilyusha!”