"No, you speak like the White Queen if she were from Saskatchewan. But I can't pull that off. I can do a really good surfer drawl, though. I lived in California for a long time. 'Naaw, braa.'" All he knew about Canada was that they used the word 'bub' and that he had almost definitely heard Rose say 'eh' at least once.
Gar considered the options. Suggesting that she go find her own stuff to do didn't even enter his mind. "Let's just stay in. There are horrible, terrible movies on cable to watch; there's candy I bought you with, I'll be honest, the intention of begging some off of you; and there's the fact that if we do go out, we will be accosted by couples. And even when I am in a couple, I hate couples." He shapeshifted again and crawled onto her lap. "It'll be great."