[ By all accounts, that should be downright terrible. And it kinda is. But after listening in rapt attention to til the end, you can bet Ellie then bursts into laughter. ] Fungi... [ She glances back down at her book, and there's the sound of more flicking pages. ]

That's kinda cute, but did you hear the other joke about the fungi? I could tell it to you, but it might need time to grow on you.

[ These jokes are growing a bit ironic themselves, but Ellie is very much ignoring that. ]