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[osreborn]

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"Norman Osborn. If you're calling about a job interview, hang up now and call [ business phone number ]. Otherwise stay on the line and leave a message. I'll get back to you when I can."

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[osreborn]

Is it?

I'd have figured better a face than a nerve, personally.

[enigmaestro]

I wasn't concerned with a facial.

[osreborn]

Maybe you should be.

[enigmaestro]

Why, Norman? Are you going to give me a facial?

[osreborn]

I think it does no harm to be prepared for anything.

[enigmaestro]

Is -- [A beat, he rolls the words in his mind.] Is that a threat?

[osreborn]

[ A long pause. He knows how this will ring, but he says it anyway: ]

No.

[enigmaestro]

[A beat.]

But then, when aren't you threatening me? I suppose I can't really hold it against you every single time.

[osreborn]

Indeed. It must get tiring.

[enigmaestro]

I wouldn't say tiring -- not from you! You're almost like an honorary Gothamite.

[osreborn]

How flattering. Just what I've always wanted.

[enigmaestro]

Your mask is a bit flamboyant though, comparatively.

No, that's unfair -- it's obscenely flamboyant.

[osreborn]

And your question marks aren't.

[enigmaestro]

Obviously not -- Punctuation is far more subtle than green pointy elven ears.

[osreborn]

They aren't elven. And there's no shame in committing to a theme.

So long as it's decent.

[enigmaestro]

Perhaps I haven't seen them properly enough, then, to judge.

[osreborn]

Goblins and elves are leagues apart.

[enigmaestro]

Are you a Tolkien fan or something?

[osreborn]

Not particularly. I'm speaking purely folklore.

[enigmaestro]

Germanic?

[osreborn]

Of course.

[enigmaestro]

What sparked your interest?

[osreborn]

Oh. Who knows.

[enigmaestro]

That always means daddy issues.



To the shrinks.

[osreborn]

Good thing you aren't one. I despise shrinks.