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[theshabbiestofmen]

I'm just saying I don't think you're taking this one seriously enough.

[doggedly]

[He opens his mouth--shuts it again, smirky.]

Can I make the joke?

[theshabbiestofmen]

I'll be forced to hit you.

[doggedly]

Oh, come on! It's right there, asking to be made!

[theshabbiestofmen]

It doesn't mean it has to be. You've made it at least a thousand times since I've met you, there's no need to make it a thousand and one.

[doggedly]

For shame, Moony. Every time the word is uttered, and the joke isn't made, a hippogriff loses its wings.

[theshabbiestofmen]

That's not-- what is wrong with you.

[doggedly]

It's true. It's Siriusly--

[theshabbiestofmen]

[He scowls up at him-- and he flicks his arm, anyway, which is as close as Remus gets to hitting someone.]

[doggedly]

[Sirius darts back a step, laughing, and rubs at his arm as if that were something a great deal more painful than it actually was.]

I didn't! I didn't, I stopped myself!

[theshabbiestofmen]

Yes, but you thought it, and that's just as bad.

[doggedly]

Oh, so I have to police my thoughts with you now! Well, I like that!

[theshabbiestofmen]

Not all of them. Just the stupid puns.

[doggedly]

It's not stupid, it's amusing. I have a name made for puns, I have to do something with it.

[theshabbiestofmen]

You don't, though, is the thing. I hardly make werewolf jokes all the time with mine, do I? Remus, honestly.

[doggedly]

Well, yeah, because that's a joke that takes thought. Whereas the Sirius joke is immediate and amusing just from saying it, it doesn't require thought on any other level.

[theshabbiestofmen]

It's not that amusing. It's not nearly as amusing as you seem to think it is.

[doggedly]

Funny--I always laugh.

[theshabbiestofmen]

Yes, but you're ever the only one. Ever. Not even James does, and James laughs at all your jokes.

[doggedly]

James laughs. James absolutely-- what are you on about!

[theshabbiestofmen]

He pretends to laugh. It's quite sad, really, watching him force one just for your pride.

[doggedly]

[He studies Remus for a moment, suspiciously...]

Right. Now I know you're lying.

[theshabbiestofmen]

Absolutely not!

[doggedly]

If I thump you, will you say the same thing?

[theshabbiestofmen]

You're not going to thump me.