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“Why did you have to make raptors?”
“I like dinosaurs.” He didn’t bother looking at her as he responded.
“Couldn’t you make something safe and cuddly?”
“Safe and cuddly doesn’t pay the bills.”
“How about gerbils, I like gerbils.”
“I wasn’t assigned to work with the gerbils. I’m too squeamish for that.”
“I don’t want to know what they were doing to gerbils that even you found disgusting.”
“Oh no! It wasn’t that at all. It was what the gerbils did to their victims.”
“The gerbils?”
He nodded. “Weaponized gerbils. Vicious little creatures. I’d rather fight a pack of deinonychus.”
“I like dinosaurs.” He didn’t bother looking at her as he responded.
“Couldn’t you make something safe and cuddly?”
“Safe and cuddly doesn’t pay the bills.”
“How about gerbils, I like gerbils.”
“I wasn’t assigned to work with the gerbils. I’m too squeamish for that.”
“I don’t want to know what they were doing to gerbils that even you found disgusting.”
“Oh no! It wasn’t that at all. It was what the gerbils did to their victims.”
“The gerbils?”
He nodded. “Weaponized gerbils. Vicious little creatures. I’d rather fight a pack of deinonychus.”
