magic

me: Who was your favorite Animorph?
Mark: Rachel!!
me: Oh, of course [Mark is very fashionable]. [FFD] and I like Tobias.
Mark: (bursts out laughing) OH OF COURSE YOU DO.
me: What the hell does that mean?
Mark: Well, I mean Tobias is cool, but, he's kind of the strange one, isn't he?
me: Well, he's a bird, so.

(later a text message arrives)
"can you be the tobias to my rachel and can i like have dinner in your presence"