"Look kid, any man you got to
sew yerself into yer pants fer to impress ain't worth yer time." Bonnie is saying shortly before she comes through the door.
Conclusion from the school carnival: teenagers are
stupid. Who sews themselves into leather trousers in the middle of a Californian summer? It took an age to find a tool to cut the silly girl out of them.
She flops down on the sofa. Another school year finished, apart from a few stragglers at summer school.
"Beer please." she asks a waitrat, without getting up. "Real one today."
The rat obliges.