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Start talking to them about flamingoes if you really want to see them sigh the sigh of the long-suffering.

Flamingoes?

I have some as pets. The boys pretend to hate them.

Don't they make dreadful pets?

They are a joy. If they were in the house— yes, they would be terrible.

So as long as you don't have to deal with them, they're good?

Oh, no. I love spending time with them. I just don't want their waste, shall we say, in the house. Flamingoes are not so easy to house train.

Mm. Well, I'd like a bit more out of them than simply sighing.

Sighing? Are flamingoes famous for that in your world?

Nikos and Kostos.

They do sigh more than most people, but it has so much feeling. Disgust, often, sometimes other things.

Well, it doesn't make for very good conversation, though. Just having them heaving sighs and rolling their eyes and all that.