[Is this it? Is this the offering that will make Howard agree to write horror stories for Fitzgerald's wife? Is this the deal of a lifetime?]
[Howard suddenly lets out a noise that sounds like the mixture of a snort and a laugh.]
...But I can't do that. I almost drowned as a child, you know. [Goodness, even the thought of going near the ocean makes his heart almost skip a beat.] I'd rather stay far away from the water if I can help it. And you want to send me down in a submarine? Really?
[He shakes his head.]
If you thought tempting me to write stories was hard...if there's one thing I will never do, in my lifetime, it's go to the bottom of the ocean. I'd rather die first.
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[Is this it? Is this the offering that will make Howard agree to write horror stories for Fitzgerald's wife? Is this the deal of a lifetime?]
[Howard suddenly lets out a noise that sounds like the mixture of a snort and a laugh.]
...But I can't do that. I almost drowned as a child, you know. [Goodness, even the thought of going near the ocean makes his heart almost skip a beat.] I'd rather stay far away from the water if I can help it. And you want to send me down in a submarine? Really?
[He shakes his head.]
If you thought tempting me to write stories was hard...if there's one thing I will never do, in my lifetime, it's go to the bottom of the ocean. I'd rather die first.