Elmo: "oh boy. Elmo can hardly wait 'til Luis comes by to see Elmo's picture drawing."
All Eleven Residents: (Pauses a bit)
Elmo: "wait. where exactly is he? Elmo wants to give Elmo's picture drawing to him. Elmo thinks he's in his and Maria's apartment."
Gordon: "hey, uh, Elmo?"
Elmo: "yeah, Gordon?"
Gordon: "he's not in his and Maria's apartment."
Snuffy: "well then. where exactly is he?"
Susan: "Elmo? don't you even remember exactly what we explained to you? Luis passed away. he's deceased."
Elmo: "oh yeah. well. Elmo sure hopes he sees Elmo's picture drawing of him."
Big Bird: "we don't think so, Elmo."
Snuffy: "I agree with Bird here."
Maria: "I think Snuffy's absolutely right. and what Big Bird's talking about is when people pass away, they don't ever come back to our globe."
Elmo: "never?"
Gina: "no, Elmo. never.
Elmo: "why not?"
Carlo: "well, Elmo. if they're deceased, they can't come back to our globe."
Elmo: "he should've come back sooner or later. but Elmo knows that Miles and Gabi took over the Fix-It Shop. but who exactly is gonna look after me, Gabi, Miles, Maria, Miles Jr. and April?"
Miles: "we'll all look after you."
Elmo: "It's just not gonna be the exact same."
Savion: "you're absolutely right, Elmo. it'll never be the exact same without him. but you know Something? we can be super thrilled that we had our chances to be with him and to know him and to really love him a lot when he was here."
Gabi: "and we still have our memories about him."
Elmo: "that's exactly why I did this picture drawing for his memories. so Elmo can remember just as much as Elmo wants to. but Elmo don't even like it. It makes Elmo depressed and heartbroken."
Big Bird: "We all felt depressed and heartbroken when we lost a certain somebody. Just like James's father, Arnold Hooper and his Uncle Harold Hooper as well too."
Snuffy: "especially Olivia, Mr. Handford, Molly the Mail Carrier, Mr. McIntosh and Willy the Beef and Poultry Dog Vendor."
Elmo: "you mean Luis is never coming back to Sesame Street?"
Carlo: "we're afraid not."
Elmo: "Elmo don't even understand. everything was just perfectly fine. why exactly does everything need to be this way? give Elmo one good reason."
Miles: "Elmo? it needs to be this way. 'cause it's all part of the great mystery of life."
Elmo: "the great mystery of life?"
Gabi: "the great mystery of life."
Elmo (looking depressingly at his picture drawing of Luis) "You know something? Elmo's gonna miss you more than anything, Luis."
Maria: "that's a super good way to remember him by, Elmo."
Elmo: "it sure is."
End of fanfic story sequence…..
Dedicated to Emilio Delgado (1940-2022)
