XTheo: Claude said he'd watch the front desk and I'm allowed a break every -- oh, it's you. What are you doing here?
Lena: Getting a plate for Mr. Avardine.
Miri: (offscreen) -- sent you what I dug up on this Inspector. But we must be careful. If your precious source can be trusted --
West: (offscreen) You're late in the day to question that.
Theo: A likely story. Probably here to fill up on free food at the company's expense.
Miri: (offscreen I don't like him, that's all. Vulgar little flunky.
West: (offscreen You don't like being reminded that your precious security system failed. So why don't you do what my 'flunky' can't and find me that damned jinx.
Miri: (offscreen I'm trying! The N.O.B. has been chasing Attrape for years without so much as touching them. With nothing but their handle to go on, what do you expect me --
West: I'll do more than touch him. I'll wring his filthy neck.
Theo: That's different! I'm an employee. You're just -- ...look, all I'm saying is, some of us work hard to get jobs like this. Just because you could waltz in here and convince Mr. Averdine to take you as his... assistant doesn't make us --
Miri: That won't help today's problem. We must, must convince the Imperium we're aboveboard. Get them off our backs.
Theo: I'm allowed a --
Theo: Welcome, fellow wallpaper.
Lena: Us furniture's got to stick togother.
Miri: And after that -- well. This business with Attrape must be kept strictly between the two of us. The Empire is bad enough, but can you imagine if our shareholders found out we'd been jinxed?
West: Good god. It doesn't beak thinking of. ... But if the Inspector has questions --
Miri: Controllable, as long as we keep our heads. Everyone else on site thinks this is a legitimate operation.
West: Good. See that it stays that way.
Lena: Getting a plate for Mr. Avardine.
Miri: (offscreen) -- sent you what I dug up on this Inspector. But we must be careful. If your precious source can be trusted --
West: (offscreen) You're late in the day to question that.
Theo: A likely story. Probably here to fill up on free food at the company's expense.
Miri: (offscreen I don't like him, that's all. Vulgar little flunky.
West: (offscreen You don't like being reminded that your precious security system failed. So why don't you do what my 'flunky' can't and find me that damned jinx.
Miri: (offscreen I'm trying! The N.O.B. has been chasing Attrape for years without so much as touching them. With nothing but their handle to go on, what do you expect me --
West: I'll do more than touch him. I'll wring his filthy neck.
Theo: That's different! I'm an employee. You're just -- ...look, all I'm saying is, some of us work hard to get jobs like this. Just because you could waltz in here and convince Mr. Averdine to take you as his... assistant doesn't make us --
Miri: That won't help today's problem. We must, must convince the Imperium we're aboveboard. Get them off our backs.
Theo: I'm allowed a --
Theo: Welcome, fellow wallpaper.
Lena: Us furniture's got to stick togother.
Miri: And after that -- well. This business with Attrape must be kept strictly between the two of us. The Empire is bad enough, but can you imagine if our shareholders found out we'd been jinxed?
West: Good god. It doesn't beak thinking of. ... But if the Inspector has questions --
Miri: Controllable, as long as we keep our heads. Everyone else on site thinks this is a legitimate operation.
West: Good. See that it stays that way.
When last we saw.... Lena - West - Miri
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Barsk is known for three things: its endless rains, its revoltingly furless residents... and koph, the drug that allows them to speak with the dead.