XSerena: All I've done for you, an' you pull this bullshit. You think I'm some kinda fool, is that what you think? I done you a favor hirin' you on so I'll let shit slide? Because you got another think comin'! Screw up again, freak, an' you can go back to sleepin' under bridges an' beggin' for you supper. Don't think you can find another job! Ain't nobody else around here gonna take a chance on no metalhead freak, so you best --
Fausto: Weeping saints, Serena, give it a rest. The man's late for work, not a serial killer.
Serena: Give it a rest, he says. You lot'd eat me outta house an' home if I didn't crack the whip!
Fausto: Crack the whip much harder and you be peelin' you mechanic outta the blocks. He already look like he been hit by a truck.
Ian: No, no, that was someone else.
Serena: Every time I turn my back they's somebody tryin'to cheat me outta somethin', showin' up late, givin' you friends rides in my cars, stealin' from the drinks machine, diddlin' you hours --
Fausto: For the last time, the drinks machine broke -- Wait. What do you mean 'someone else'?
Ian: Also, it was a car that hit me. An Azi Coupe -- I think the 2423 model. It's a pity they didn't use better materials. My fist went straight through the hood.
Fausto: You... you punched a car?
Serena: A likely story. You think I'm some kinda -- no, wait, I said that already. Nobody take a chance on -- eat me outta - tryin' to cheat me --
Ian: I was only trying to get over th hood, but it was the metal hand. I fear she will not fly again, the poor thing. I missed the engine block, but after I rolled off and she hit that bridge --
Fausto: you threw a car into a bridge?
Ian: Come to think of it, the bridge didn' take it well. I may need a new place to sleep.
Serena: You an' your lame excuses made me lose my place.
Fausto: Weeping saints, Serena, give it a rest. The man's late for work, not a serial killer.
Serena: Give it a rest, he says. You lot'd eat me outta house an' home if I didn't crack the whip!
Fausto: Crack the whip much harder and you be peelin' you mechanic outta the blocks. He already look like he been hit by a truck.
Ian: No, no, that was someone else.
Serena: Every time I turn my back they's somebody tryin'to cheat me outta somethin', showin' up late, givin' you friends rides in my cars, stealin' from the drinks machine, diddlin' you hours --
Fausto: For the last time, the drinks machine broke -- Wait. What do you mean 'someone else'?
Ian: Also, it was a car that hit me. An Azi Coupe -- I think the 2423 model. It's a pity they didn't use better materials. My fist went straight through the hood.
Fausto: You... you punched a car?
Serena: A likely story. You think I'm some kinda -- no, wait, I said that already. Nobody take a chance on -- eat me outta - tryin' to cheat me --
Ian: I was only trying to get over th hood, but it was the metal hand. I fear she will not fly again, the poor thing. I missed the engine block, but after I rolled off and she hit that bridge --
Fausto: you threw a car into a bridge?
Ian: Come to think of it, the bridge didn' take it well. I may need a new place to sleep.
Serena: You an' your lame excuses made me lose my place.
When last we saw.... Ian - Fausto - Serena
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