Smoke

:57:20

So what are you going to do today?

:57:26

Read, think, do some
drawings if I get in the mood.

:57:32

But tonight I'm going to
celebrate. That's definite.

:57:35

Celebrate? What for?

:57:37

It's my birthday. I'm seventeen years
old as of forty-seven minutes ago,

:57:43

and I think I should celebrate
having made it this far.

:57:46

Hey, hey. Happy birthday.

:58:05

I thought I recognized you. You're
Paul Benjamin the writer, aren't you?

:58:12

I confess.

:58:16

I keep waiting for the
next novel to come out.

:58:20

Anything in the works?

:58:23

It's coming along.

:58:26

At the rate he's going, he'll have a
story finished by the end of the summer.

:58:30

Wonderful.

:58:32

I apologize for springing
it on you at the last minute,

:58:35

but Mr. Benjamin and I are
attending a celebration tonight,

:58:38

and we would be most pleased
if you chose to accompany us.

:58:42

Isn't that right, Mr. Benjamin?

:58:49

Yes. We would be honored.

:58:53

And what's the occasion
of this celebration?

:58:56

It's my birthday.

:58:58

And how many people will be
attending this birthday party?