human
I wish we were in Oregon.
gpt
Why?
human
So I could marry you.
gpt
I wish we were there too. Then she smiled.
human
Mother and Daddy were funny about insisting that all of us be settled in Oregon before we could get married.
gpt
Settled, _and_ with a roof over our heads, he reminded her. He grinned dryly.
human
Guess maybe they're still not sure I'm capable of putting up a roof.
gpt
Oh, they think you're capable, all right. She giggled.
human
I guess they think you might take a fancy to some other girl. You know, an impulse. You've got lots of impulses, Ellis Garner!
gpt
You're absolutely right, he agreed.
human
I've got an impulse right now to kiss you twice. He did so.
gpt
And to build a big, beautiful home for us and our twenty children. His voice settled into a soft, crooning rhythm.
human
I'll build a palace for my queen, he promised,
gpt
Oh no, Ellis. It will be a nice log house, with a big kitchen where I can make the things you like, and every day when you come in from the fields you'll bring me wild flowers. Except in winter, of course. Then you can bring me evergreen branches with bittersweet to trim them so I can always have everything looking just the way you want it to look.
human
I shouldn't have kept you up!
gpt
I _want_ to be up. This is more fun than sleeping!
human
You aren't tired?
gpt
Truly I'm not.
human
Do you want to ride ahead this morning?
gpt
Oh yes!