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"Gee. I wonder if Snow White thought that the apple tasted bad?" Ed wondered. He was half-way through writing a word on a very important document.
"What's that, Full-metal?" Roy leaned around the huge pile of papers sitting on his desk, to look at Ed. He had an intruiged expression on his face.
"Did Snow White think that the apple that the evil Queen gave her tasted bad?"
"Good question. No, I don't think that she did."
"Why do you think that?"
"I'm not sure. I just don't think that the poison would have had any taste to it."
"But how do you know that she didn't have a taste problem?"
"Princesses are supposed to be perfect. I doubt that a princess would have a taste problem."
"All the Disney princesses are perfect. It is kind of eerie."
"I'll say. They all have exteremly thin waists. Not to mention that most of them have blonde hair, all of them are rather stupid, and none of them have dark skin. Not even a tan!"
"Yes. It is very odd."
"Very discriminative, I'd say."
"So would I."
"They should fix that."
"But do you think that Snow White thought the apple tasted bad?" Ed repeated.
"I already told you. I don't think she tasted a thing."
"Howdy people! What's up?"
"Hughes, do you think that Snow White thought that apple tasted bad?" asked Roy, curious to see Hughes' reaction.
"Yes, I do."
"How come?" both Ed and Roy said at the same time.
"Well, even if she didn't, she wouldn't have been able to do anything, since she'd already eaten the apple."
"I suppose..." Ed rubbed his chin in speculation.
"I still think that she did taste something. Surely, since the Queen was a queen, she must have been able to afford very good poison."
"I suppose..." Ed rubbed his chin again.
"But that's no proof that the Queen was rich! There are a lot of poor queens, you know, Roy!"
"Daddy? What are you talking about?" Elycia walked in the room.
"Honey, do you think that Snow White noticed any 'wrong' flavor on the apple that the evil Queen gave her?"
"No."
"HUH? WHY NOT?" all three gentlemen turned to look at the child.
"That's EASY. By the time she would have noticed something odd, she was already unconciouse."
"Oh."
"All right, then."
"She's got a point."
"THAT'S MY GIRL!" Hughes raced over and hugged his daughter. Then he left the room, murmuring "I am taking you out to ice cream, my girl!"
"Thanks for helping me with my problem, Lieutenant Colonel."
"You're welcome..."
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"WAIT A SECOND!" both of the men yelled at the same, exact moment in time.
"I helped you!"
"I thanked you!"
"I said 'you're welcome'!"
Hughes stuck his head back in the room.
"Do you two want ice cream? I'm buying."
"Sure."
"Be right there!"
- - : And so ended our strange moment with Hughes, Ed, and Roy... : - -