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Victor: Ah... oh-h... hello? Strange but wise monkey? {A flock of birds takes off and startles him again. He climbs up on a rock; then he hears a weird grunting roar, and sees a bulky shape rushing in his direction. He tumbles off the rock and rushes blindly through the grass as the ominous roaring sound pursues him.} Oh! Oh! Aah!
{He crashes into a huge snout blocking his path.}
Mathurin: Aaaah!
Victor: Aaaah!
Mathurin: Aaaah!
Victor: Aaaah!
Mathurin: Aaaah!
Victor: Aaaah!
{Victor pauses the movie.}
Mathurin: You know, first impressions are very important.
Victor: Oh, I thought you were a scream.
{The movie resumes.}
Mathurin and Victor: Aaaahh!
Victor: Just eat me now... and please make it fast. I got a low threshold for pain.
Mathurin: Easy, easy there, little guy. I'm not gonna eat you.
Victor: What? you're not? {indignant} Then why were you stalking me?
Mathurin: Well, gee, I saw you go by and I figured a little fella like you shouldn't be out here all alone.
Victor: Hey, what about you? You're all alone. {suddenly apprehensive} You are all alone, aren't you?
Mathurin: {ruefully} Yeah. Most animals give me a pretty wide berth.
Victor: {seeing the seeds of an idea} They do? Even the hungry ones?
Mathurin: Yeah, I drive almost everyone away. People see me comin' and they run for cover. They can't get out of the way fast enough.
{Victor is holding up one of Mathurin's hooves, playing with it like a pair of scissors.}
Victor: You don't say, you don't say. Must be the gleam on those vicious tusks, huh? Strikes fear into their hearts.
Mathurin: Actually, they say I wreck their appetite.
Victor: {scheming} Wow, it's like you have this—this... special power.
Mathurin: {backing away nervously} Special power? Well, i-it's pretty powerful, all right. {gestures indistinctly at his rump}
Victor: Perfect! You're hired.
Mathurin: Great! ...For what?
Victor: To get me to a little worry-free haven out of that big pointy rock. {indicates Pride Rock}
Mathurin: And... you want me to come with you?
Victor: Ha ha! Do you see any other big lovable chunk of warthog here, who also happens to have razor-sharp tusks and the ability to repel predators? {grins ingratiatingly}
Mathurin: I'm your pig.
Victor: You and me, I can tell... we see eye to eye.
Mathurin: {hopeful} You mean, like friends?
Victor: Whoa, easy there, big fella. I'd say more like {making "quotes" with his fingers"} acquaintances.
Mathurin: {a bit disappointed} Oh. {brightening} Well, it's a start.
Victor: Put 'er there, acquaintance. {they shake paws} I'm Victor.
Mathurin: Mathurin!
Victor: No, really. {Mathurin grins sincerely at him.} All right then. Let's hit the road.
Mathurin: You got it... acquaintance.
Victor: So clear up one thing for me. If you weren't gonna eat me, what kind of a wacky wild pig are you?
Mathurin: I'm an insectivore.
Victor: Oh ho! A bug eater! Well, me too. I just never had a name for it. I'm kinda partial to the crawly critters myself. How about you, big boy?
Mathurin: I prefer the ones with wings.
Victor: Mathurin, this could be the start of a beautiful... acquaintanceship.