"Well yeah, I'm better lookin' than the mayor but still, I don't need a statue." And he was grateful to her for stopping them from making one!

"Of course we don't." Pictures of innocence and virtue were they!

"I can smile, sure." He'd been told he had a good smile! So he'd smile and... hang out with people. In Vietnam.

Yep.

"Just promise you'll keep me from doin' anything stupid?" He didn't know their customs! He'd hate to start another war with his naivety!