A scene we’ve seen illustrated before in some bespoke art.

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Quickly, dear readers, can you remember which minor character in this scene we’ve seen before?

Here’s the link if you give up. It was Lon’s idea to put him in, as it happens.

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One hopes this is just dinner theater.

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…Iris is not meant as a menu item?

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I mean, seriously, Iris can’t really be…

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Wait a minute, did he say dining pleasure?

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They certainly have a curious sense of theater in this restaurant.

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A most unusual restaurant, indeed. I wish I could at least have a drink there.

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On which Iris tells an improbable story about Tokyo.

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