CASE IN POINT #4: Cheese With That Whine?

It was a bright, sunny day on the Thunder Plains.

Just kidding.

Rain tumbled down from above, thick droplets of cold water that soaked the weary party trailing across the stormy lands. The good news was they would never got lost, thanks to the shrill sonar-like noise emitting from the girl in the back.

"CAN WE STOP?! CAN WE STOP?! I HATE THUNDER! I HATE LIGHTNING! MY BROTHER ELECTROCUTED ME WHEN I WAS A KID! I'M SO SCARED! WHY DO WE HAVE TO STAY HERE?! CAN WE PLEASE STOP?! CAN WE PLEASE STOP?! CAN WE HURRY UP?! CAN WE GO ANYWHERE BUT HERE?! PLEASE LET US STOP! YOU'RE ALL TERRIBLE MEANIES! I'M TERRIFIED!! I'M GONNA WET MY PANTS! PLEASE LET US STOP! WHAT IF WE GET HIT BY LIGHTNING?! WHAT IF THE TOWERS BREAK?! WHAT IF WE ALL GET FRIED BY LIGHTNING AND DIE!? WHAT'LL HAPPEN THEN?! WHO WILL DEFEAT SIN IF WE ALL DIE IN THE LIGHTNING! I'M WET! WE'RE ALL WET, AND WATER IS A CONDUCTOR OF ELECTRICITY! WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE IF WE DON'T STOP! LET US STOP, JUST FOR A LITTLE WHILE! JUST UNTIL THE STORM PASSES! YOUR MOMS WOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOU, TORTURING ME LIKE THIS! TORTURE, THAT'S WHAT THIS IS! YOU ALL WANT ME TO DIE! THAT'S IT EXACTLY! YOU ALL HATE ME AND WANT ME TO BE SCARED TO DEATH OR TO BE HIT BY LIGHTNING! YOU'RE EVIL, ALL OF YOU! WHY CAN'T WE STOP?! WHY CAN'T WE STOP?! LET US STOP! PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEAE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASEPLEASPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASPLEASE-"

At this point, many people carrying six-foot blades would have whipped around and lopped her head off. Auron, however, was a man with patience of steel to match that giant sword, and he managed to avoid bringing Rikku to her bloody end by uttering a single sentence.

"Shut up."

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"Can't you just sense the romantic tension between them?" an idiotic passerby said.

"What the hell are you talking about?" his companion replied.