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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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[ This is the voice of someone being as smug as loudly as possible. ]

And you're easy to read.

[In a voice way more loud than hers:] I AM NOT!

[And BEFORE she can offer a rebuttal--]

You know what you are? You're annoying. And you're wrong. But it's worse, because you're also ANNOYING!

Oh yeah?

You remember that thing I said earlier about only getting emotional if you've got some reason to get emotional? That if these people were totally off-base asking for help from you then you'd just shrug it off? That also goes for this.

[ Maybe. Who knows? Fact is, Kitty's getting under the skin of someone who was being an arsehole, and that's satisfying in and of itself. ]

[He is so close to growling in frustration and okay maybe a little bit of that growl is in his voice--or a lot bit--]

Oh my god, do you ever shut up?

[ And maybe there's a lot bit of a grin from her. ]

That's the sort of question that gets asked by the vanquished.

It's no--

That's it. I'm done. We're done. Forever.

But what if I've got stuff to trade?

Lady, whatever you got? Ain't worth the frickin' hassle.

Oh...So do you usually put personal matters ahead of business ones?

I'm willin' to make special exception, okay, but for you? It'd have to be pretty god damn special.

So...Does that mean that I've annoyed you more than anyone else has?

What? No.

This ain't some kinda contest.

So - who's annoyed you more?

Did you not hear what I just said. It's not a contest.

Maybe not, but that doesn't mean that there aren't some people who are leading over others.

Yeah, except leading over others? Is still a frickin' contest.

Oh, that's like saying height is a contest. Some people are taller than others. They didn't get that way because they tried to be, and observing who's taller than whom isn't about winning.

Please stop talking.

Only if you rank the most annoying people you've known.

NO. STOP TALKING.

It's too tough, then? Or are you afraid to hurt my feelings?

Tough would be askin' me to summarzie what is pissing me off about you in one short little sentance or less. This is more like friggin annoying.

Because...You know, my feelings are awfully resilient. I expect I'm less sensitive than you are.

If I laugh at you, will you go away? 'Cause you clearly think you're bein' real clever.

Ha freakin' ha. Good enough?

That's not a very convincing laugh.

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