joeislove's 100-word story for June 10, 2025

joeislove wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on June 10, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

"Hey, check it out. 'No disassemble', right?" "What are you talking about?" I just stared at her. Then I pointed at the binoculars mounted to the railing. "'Johnny 5 is alive', right? You don't see it?" She looked at the binoculars, a quizzical expression creeping over her face. "I have no idea what you're talking about. Is that from one of your cartoons?" "Anime. And no. It's a movie. You never saw that movie?" "I feel like you're gonna get mad at me if I say no, but I haven't seen every movie." I sighed. "We can watch it later."

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