My Name Is...

 "My name is... She stopped talking and started clicking. Everyone stared. For a full minute, she just clicked."

"Wait. You have literally lifted this from that film."

"No, I wrote this."

"You didn't. It's from that alien film."

"Ah, aliens. Right. In my story, there are no aliens. Something malfunctions in her brain and she stops using words."

"Forever?"

"Yes!"

"Forever...?!"

"Well, I'm not sure. I'm not that far into the story. I was thinking something neurological."

"Ah, ok. My name is... Mrs. ClickClick."

"Funny..."

"Get a better story. And don't lift any ideas from a film again."

"I didn't!"

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