Kronk is shiny new Kronk

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[There was a very big guy carrying an enormous pile of clothes; sleeveless shirts, skirts, a pair of sandals, a Junior Chipmunks uniform and even a fancy pink llama wool hat with little white polka dots all over it.]

Hi there! I'm Kronk and...uhh. Is this where you're supposed to get dressed?

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[Surprised kid here is just looking at him-]

Don't you have a room?

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[Kronk couldn't look more surprised!] Huh.

A room? I think Yzma should have one of those, but I didn't find her yet!

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Oh. You're new, then. [Matter of fact. Well, that makes more sense.]

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Yeah... I just arrived here! I dunno where I am and... and stuff. [Poor Kronk. He couldn't tell his left from his right and now he had to be all by himself. Without Yzma!]

Do you know what this place is called, little guy?

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Well, it's called 'Dressing Room'? But it's just a name. I don't think you need the clothes.

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Oh... I kinda figured you had to bring a stack of clothes with you at all times.

That's great news, that I don't have to do that! [Big smile. Someone was very ~intelligent~]

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No! That'd just be silly.

[Eyeroll. Sheesh. He's a kid and he knows that much.]

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[Kronk felt kinda dumb.] Yeah... silly.

So...uh. What's your favorite kind of cookie?

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[Just telling it like it is, man. But he smiles, anyway - cookies are a good topic!]

Um... white chocolate?

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[Kronk was happy that the topic turned to baked goods, somerhing he did know a lot about!]

White chocolate cookies are delicious! Do you like the chocolate chip or the all over chocolate ones best?

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[Oh, hard decisions.]

Mmm. The chip ones? There's more different tastes in them. I don't have them a lot, though...

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I can make you some, if you want! And then you can share it with all your little friends! [Kronk was very innocent and he didn't think anyone would turn down free cookies. Of course, cookies where unlikely to impress most people in this day and age.]

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[Impressed the kid enough, at least...]
Oh, thank you! [Yay free cookies! ... But. Wait. Frown.]
...I don't have many friends, though.

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Ohh... I don't have any friends. [Kronk knew what that was like! He was so incredibly strange that he'd never really managed to make a real friend. Just Yzma, but he was mostly her henchman... she didn't even like him very much.]

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[He nods-] I don't get the chance to make many? There aren't many children my age here. They're mostly a bit older.

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Me, I'm old enough to get a wife and stuff! But...uh. [Kronk smiled shyly.] I'm not old enough on the inside yet.

I dunno why making friends is so hard.

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[Plenty old enough on the inside, here. ...Way inside. So to speak.]

I don't know either..

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I know! We should be friends! Best friends. [Kronk was very quick to try and befriend people.]

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I don't know if I can be best friends? I think that has to take a while? But friends would be good!

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Yeah... you're right! How can you tell when you're best friends?

[Kronk thought it was a bit complicated.]

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...I'm not sure of that either. [Frown.]

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Weird! I'll ask Yzma, when I find her.

She's awfully smart, that Yzma.

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Oh, that's cool! It's good to have someone around who knows things like that, I think? I've got Even... but I don't think he really has many friends either. So I don't know if he'd help.

[Brilliant role models, cranky scientists, what?]

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I'd be really lost without Yzma! [Yzma was a cranky scientist AND a cougar. She was the worst possible lady a guy like Kronk could meet, really.]

Yzma has no friends either, even less than me. People don't even smile at her!

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That's a shame. [He frowns a bit.] Especially if she helps you out.