Zelda, Cicero and others in “Geek Like Me”

Hello Cicero.

[to himself] There’s a girl looking at me... Don’t... panic...

[to Sabrina] Ask him what he’d do, he’s very knowledgeable.

Hey Cicero, I’m Sabrina and I have a question.

Ask away, but make it quick; If the centurions catch me here, it’s a guaranteed swirly in the aqueduct.

...Okay... See, there’s this girl in my school, and she keeps calling me a geek, and I really don’t like it.

I suggest that you ignore her. Okay, bye-bye. [starts edging towards the edge of the page]

No, wait! I can’t ignore her, no one can ignore her! You’ve gotta help!

Well... There are two ways to teach her a lesson. The first is to just give her a snout...

I knew it!

[exasperated] What’s the second?

Give her a taste of her own medicine: turn her into a geek. She’ll see how it feels and she’ll learn that it’s what’s inside that really counts.

But how can I do that?

A simple spell; just, [pushes his finger up the bridge of his nose, then points] point.

Like this? [repeats his action]

[embarrassed] Well, actually, you just have to point; My glasses were slipping.