Page 93 of Severed Heart

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I’ll wait as long as it takes for a text from you. Perfect or not. I don’t care. Don’t let it worry you, okay?

General Half-Pint: I read wroet english bteter before haze and now so bad

So you used to be better at it, doesn’t mean you have to beat yourself up for it.

General Half-Pint: Jean ebarrses me

Please stop before I stage a very accurate swing on my best friend that will daze him so hard it will feel suspect.

Backspace. Backspace. Backspace. Delete. Hold.

I’m sorry. He can be such a dick.

General Half-Pint: Don t be maen dom abot me

I won’t. I wasn’t even thinking about being mean to Dom.

General Half-Pint: Solder is Liarrrr tongiht

You have got to teach me how to do that Jedi mind trick.

General Half-Pint: Dom somtim take my smile waay but my solder gve it b ack.

I’ll give you back every fucking smile he steals from you, baby. I promise.

Backspace. Backspace. Backspace. Delete. Hold.

Don’t worry about your asshole nephew. Dom’s just mad because his boots fucking stink. ;)

General Half-Pint: The y stink so bad I love wehn you make win k face )

See, that text you just sent was almost perfect. And I know you love wink face, that’s why I do it.

General Half-Pint: the haze maek lettrs hard to dicpher when mind asshleo

Delphine, when did the haze start?

Backspace. Backspace. Backspace. Delete. Hold.

I’m sorry your mind is being an asshole, and it’s hard to make out the letters. We’ll just keep practicing together.

General Half-Pint: Oui Is so harrd to readn wriet English now

I’ll help you all I can.

General Half-Pint: merci solder you such good friend be txtin budyy

I’m your man.

General Half-Pint: Oui Fish bud y goodnigh t

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General Half-Pint: asshole if cme hous do not tikcle me

Asshole, huh? Your insults are so often spelled correctly that it’s suspicious, General.

General Half-Pint: Imbeicle

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