This is a touching tale, gently told.
Now, “a touching tale” was definitely not on my mind as I wrote this, but I love seeing how people interpret these. :D There’s a darker and more malicious underlying theme here.
I took this exchange as some sort of senility on Richard’s part, but the malice comment intriuged me…
Senility was definitely in my mind, though, jesteram. Thanks for the comment.