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Look. I'm just gonna go ahead and say it. But I'm only sayin' it once, and I'm gonna say it real slow, so all of you better clean the crap outta your ears and listen up.

I get that there ain't no money. Actual money. But what I'm sayin' is, if you ain't got nothin' to trade, why the hell would you go around wasting somebody's time.

Like, it's like common friggin' decency to bring with you what you got to trade. No, 'oh, whoops guess I left it at home', no, 'oh, it's in the pocket of my other crappy shapeless pants'-- gettin' it to me in a day ain't an option, I don't care if it's your laundry day, if you're waitin' for some big payoff, I don't care if you got twelve kids--that's your own damn fault--I don't care if you're fresh outta the tube. If you wanna buy something from someone? If you bring in your crappy little console, and you want it fixed up real quick so you can get your ass back to work, and you hustle me along and talk real big and then when it comes time to pay up, and you give me some sad sack story? [SLOWLY AND LOUDLY:] I don't work for free. Nobody here better be workin' for free, and if they are, congratulations, you found yourself a sucker. Charity is for suckers.

Okay? Are we clear? 'Cause the next idiot that comes to me askin' for a handout is gonna get it, and I don't mean free frickin' labor. [SIGH.] Jeez. It's like nobody got a brain. Workin' with a buncha stupid fleshy kids. Hardly even seems worth it...

[grumbling trails off into nothing.]

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[ Or like a raccoon sheds fur, am I right (I don't actually know if they shed ???) ]

I worked with this guy.

Here?

I had no idea he was even here.

We worked together back in our matrix. You wouldn't have recognized him, trust me.

I don't. But it's still interesting. You know, maybe they'll repopulate this place entirely with people we know.

[wait a hot second elbowing in here]

Who the hell is we

Cool your jets, she just means we're from the same matrix.

Oh that's great

Don't tell me this is some ladyfriend of yours we're gonna have trouble with

Friend is such a strong word.

Former. Great. Even better.

It isn't like that. We're professionals.

Colleagues, if you will.

You

Professional

Ha hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

That's a really fake textual laugh.

No it's a real fake textual laugh

Not ever. Quill's more like a business associate.

I'm sorry.

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