"Now don't be a downer, Ms. Susan," Lee said pleasantly and chuckling a little, his hand stroking the back of Hester who was now curled comfortably on his lap. "Nothing wrong with a little imagination, a little fantasy world here and there. Me and Hester used to play all the time when we were kids. Some kids think we're lonely but well, they just never see Hester." He winked at Susan.
The waffles didn't take long to make, and soon they would be served their orders and steaming drinks.
Lee took a sip from his. "Anyway, I always say folks without imaginations are the lonely ones. They don't see things the way we do. Which war was that you were waiting on, Ms. Susan?"