Strange Conversations: Part One Hundred and Thirty-Two

Another instant-messaging conversation, in which Nick reveals something of a rich inner life that rivals that of Babe the Blue Ox (or at least the version of Babe in Jack of Fables):

NICK: Fantastico!
ME: That’s not a real word, Nicholas.
NICK: It is in Awesome-land. Which exists inside my head.
ME: Awesome-land? Does Awesome-land have its own lexicon, then?
NICK: It’s all laid down in the Awesome-book.
ME: The Awesome-book also exists inside your head, doesn’t it?
NICK: Of course.
ME: Well, then, how will one be able to converse in Awesome-landese? Unless one is inside your head? I ask merely for information.
NICK: I can translate freely between Awesome-speak and conventional English.
ME: I doubt the veracity of that statement.