"It's the music," Patty tells him sympathetically. "It's messing with your head, but you can ignore it if you keep thinking about happy things, like birdies! Or having a shaboingboing with your friend on the pier. That's what my buddy Alexei calls hot dogs," she explains, since he already struggled with 'capisce.' Guess the glorious Drainfolk dialect hasn't made it out this far.

"Do you like hot dogs, new buddy?"