[He flashes teeth in a smile.] I know every generation before Millenials like me's been heralded as just awful and nothing like their respectable parents. We're just the newest. The Internet and records might make it harder for us to try and tell whoever comes after us that we were- oh, hi.
[A pigeon decides to flap-hop up on to Julien and try to cling to his waist, fluttering to keep in place, and try to get at his pocket. Clearly used to this, Julien catches it with a hand on its back, gets it to stand on his wrist, and fishes a trace of grain out of the seam of a pocket.]
- nice, serious-minded people who minded our elders and didn't get swarmed by birds. Don't you start. [other pigeons are watching intently] I swear they didn't used to do this.
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[A pigeon decides to flap-hop up on to Julien and try to cling to his waist, fluttering to keep in place, and try to get at his pocket. Clearly used to this, Julien catches it with a hand on its back, gets it to stand on his wrist, and fishes a trace of grain out of the seam of a pocket.]
- nice, serious-minded people who minded our elders and didn't get swarmed by birds. Don't you start. [other pigeons are watching intently] I swear they didn't used to do this.