The One With The Empty Hand: Video

[twoheadsofcabbage]

[They stand in their room with their arms crossed. They're knee deep in Human detritus, as usual and yet: they don't look happy. Charlie complains first:]

What the suck? Who decided you can't take it with you?

[Scrad grumbles:]

We worked hard for that loot.

[Charlie adds:]

Yeah, we looted hard for it.

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[twoheadsofcabbage]

[Either of those things would require pride. They have none.]

Okay?

[Scrad says. Charlie looks on expectantly.]

[timesbureaucrat]

[Sigh.]

The ephemeral nature of material goods, perhaps? Or the futility of trying to game the system on the Barge. Or your misplaced priorities when the world has gone to hell. Pick one.

[Muttered to himself.] Twice the brains of a human and half the intelligence.

[twoheadsofcabbage]

Well what else's are you supposed to do when the world goes to hell?

[Charlie asks.]

[timesbureaucrat]

If you like living in the world at all, trying to keep it from going to hell is a start.

[twoheadsofcabbage]

It was already there.

[Scrad insists. Charlie adds:]

Plus, we're no heroes.

[timesbureaucrat]

I'm no hero either. I simply dislike a world falling to pieces while I'm on it.

[twoheadsofcabbage]

Nobody likes that.

[Charlie says.]

But it's not like there was any bomb for us to not set off this time.

[timesbureaucrat]

I should have put you to work. I'm sure I could have found something constructive for you to do.

[twoheadsofcabbage]

Such as?

[Charlie asks.]

[timesbureaucrat]

Information gathering, most likely.

[twoheadsofcabbage]

If we knew you wanted it, we coulda got between lootings.

[Scrad says. Charlie adds:]

We multitask.