You don't say?

A lot of Julie's Gems have an internal logic. Many of them have a very simple logic indeed. The main problem is trying to follow what Julie says all the way to the end, and then keeping track of everything that was said, in the order that she said it, just so you can unravel what you just heard.
And if you thought that was confusing, read this one.

See what I mean? It's like verbal spaghetti, isn't it?
By the way - do you like my little icon? It's one of the two faces I usually make when Julie starts heading deep into Gem country. The other one is the heavy-lidded, peering glare that asks, "you're kidding, right?" and looks a bit like this: -.- You'll probably see a lot of both in future, as it's a good way of indicating my non-verbal responses.

Well, that's all for today - glad you made it through Halfway Day; we'll see you all on Friday.