[ Bradbury isn't expecting much of an answer, really. He's been here long enough to realize most of the people in this town don't exactly qualify as witty conversationalists, with repetitive lines and stilted conversation that goes nowhere. The woman isn't anyone he recognizes, though she's a little familiar -- maybe he'd seen her earlier today? He can't remember.
Either way, though, the comparison makes him laugh. ]
He's like a kid diving for the candy jar on Halloween.
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[ Bradbury isn't expecting much of an answer, really. He's been here long enough to realize most of the people in this town don't exactly qualify as witty conversationalists, with repetitive lines and stilted conversation that goes nowhere. The woman isn't anyone he recognizes, though she's a little familiar -- maybe he'd seen her earlier today? He can't remember.
Either way, though, the comparison makes him laugh. ]
He's like a kid diving for the candy jar on Halloween.