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Journal: Resolution reboot fluffy: Hey, there, Wii Fit. / Wii Fit: Hello, fluffy! It is nice to see you again! / fluffy: I really do want to lose some weight. / Wii Fit: Don't eat so many snacks! / fluffy: Yes, uh, about that... / fluffy: I was hoping that if I started you up again, you'd give me a bit more positive feedback. / Wii Fit: But you are overweight! / fluffy: I know that! That's why I bought you to begin with! / Wii Fit: Don't eat so many snacks? / fluffy: Ugh, maybe Wii Fit Plus will be better. / Wii Fit: Snacks are bad for you! / fluffy [annoyed]: I know.
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Unity: Pillow talk Tanya: Critter, ya' don't have ta worry 'bout that. / Juni: But I like doing it for you. I want you to be happy. / Tanya: I'm happy 'nuff. 'Sides, I got my own fingers 'n' toys. / Juni: Okay. / Tanya: Y'know, sometimes I think it'd be easier to be like you. / Juni: Like me, how? / Tanya: Y'know. Neutral. / Juni: I... guess, sure. Why? / Tanya: Y'think I should do that? / Juni: Where's this coming from? / Tanya: I dunno. It makes it all easier for you, right? / Juni: Tanya... it's not about being easier, it's about basic comfort. / Tanya: Yeah, an' comfort makes it easy.
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Unity: More pillow talk Tanya: I'm s'prised y'ain't jumpin' t' encourage me. / Juni: Why would I? It's a big decision that took me a hundred rounds to come to, and another hundred to act on. / Juni: Sometimes I still wonder if I was just overreacting to my upbringing. / Tanya: But I ain't you, and I kinda like how yer body is, all smooth- / Juni: It was like that before, too, you know. / Tanya: -an' it's not like I've ever liked bein' a girl anyway. / Juni: Oh. / Juni: I didn't know. / Juni: Just... please be sure you're not moving too fast. I don't want you to do something you regret. / Tanya: Mm-hmm. / Juni: Also, could you keep your boobs? I like 'em. / Tanya: Heh. No promises. / Tanya: C'mon, shut off the light.
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Unity: Currency exchange [[Chandra stands in front of various images showing time/currency/current]] / Chandra: Today, let's discuss the Homin notion of equity. They profoundly believed that all goods and services should be exchanged for things of similar value. They were extremely precise in how they tracked these exchanges. / [[Chandra faces a dwindling lecture audience]] / Chandra: To this end, their concept called "[English]cash" or "[English]currency," which was a unit to measure effort-time; this is reflected in the similarity to the word "[English]current," which, among other things, means "the most recent" and "flow" - time "flows" like a river, as in "[English]cash flow." / [[Juni looks irritated, leaning against its hand]] / Chandra: "[English]Time is money" - that is, time is exchangable for a unit of goods and services. In an abstract sense, they were masters of time itself, via the "[English]time card." / Juni [thinking]: Does he have to make it all up?
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Unity: Inconvenient, A Scent [[A Campon soldier enters Juni's office]] / Valya: You are Officer ME-LI-RÓ-SU? / Juni: Hm? / Juni: Oh, you must be Valya. I was told to expect you. What can I do for you? / Valya: I come on behalf of Campon hive Tzernikov. Mother grows concerned about Sasha. / Juni [happily]: Oh? I can't imagine why. Your sister has been a model student, and is even nearly done with her doctorate. You should be proud of her; I am! / Valya: That is the problem. It has rejected our value system by ascending in the ranks beyond its intended purpose. / Valya: You will remind it that if it does not return to hive Tzernikov it will be considered an outsider. This is a significant inconvenience for our pheromone protocol. / Juni [irritated, and stressing Sasha's gender pronouns]: Well, I'd hate for her to inconvenience you. I'll let her know you came. / Valya: It smells of you. / Juni: Yes, I'm sure she does. Good day.
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Unity: Commencement [[Tamu stands behind a podium, before the current graduating class. He is accompanied by several of the Organeers. The graduating class includes a Campon who appears to be Sasha.]] / Tamu [eyes closed]: Congratulations to all of you, this latest graduating class. You have all done very well, and should be very proud. / Tamu: Some of you may see this as the end of your education, but it is only the beginning of a new adventure. / [[Closer to Tamu we can see that he is growing elderly, the color drained from his extremities and his various fringes blunted and frayed]] / Tamu [eyes closed]: It is easy to fear change, but we are always changing. Those who choose not to embrace change fall afterneath it. / Tamu: Every answer asks more questions; every decision creates more possibilities. / [[Tamu opens his eyes, revealing that his pupils have grown milky]] / Tamu: So it is with a heavy stomach that this will be the last of these addresses I give - for I, too, have recently remembered to embrace inevitable change. / Tamu: Let us begin our new adventures together. Good day to you all.
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Unity: Parkside press conference [[Juni stands behind a podium in a park outdoors]] / Juni: During the entire post-holocene period, we have been accelerating in order to gather as much hydrogen as possible, so as to feed the [English]Icarus drive's stellar fragment. This is not sustainable. / Juni: However, Zero has learned enough of how the Homin designed Unity to have come up with a rather elegant solution. / [[Juni is facing a small press assembly, including Kali, Merrick, and some random unnamed Agent]] / Juni: By steering to the galactic core, we can gather more hydrogen and raw materials, so Unity may resume its original purpose of colonizing the galaxy - albeit now without the Homin, of course. / Juni: Next question? Yes, Merrick. / Merrick: General, does this affect us in the short term? / Juni: Due to our massive angular momentum there may be some minor tremors while we change direction, but even that will take thousands of rounds. What we decide now is for our many future generations. / Juni: Zero will provide the continuity that we had lost with the Homin egress. It has quite a bit of time to adjust to such long-term thinking.
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Unity: Endgame [[Juni sits in Zero's node room, reading something on a tablet and with a cup of hot liquid on the table next to the comfy chair.]] / Zero: Sasha's neural priming simulation data are promising. The Oracle program just might - Oh! Thinking of which, I have a memory from Seventeen. / Juni: When did it happen? / Zero: Last night, your time. Yes, you are meant to see this. / Juni: Ugh... Fine, show me. / [[Zero brings Juni into its perception, displaying a scene from Seventeen's perspective. Hira is crouching in front of Seventeen, with Tamu sitting nakedly beside her. Zero now appears quite different than before.]] / Juni: Is that a new [English]avatar? It suits you. / Zero: Thanks! / Tamu: See? This isn't so bad, is it, Hira? / Hira [Kajoshi]: Hello, little monster. Tell Juni to come here and bring Tanya. / Hira [Hiero]: Why we cannot do radio? I do not like this creature. / Juni: I wonder what that's all about. Hm. / Juni: I guess I'll schedule transport right away. / Zero: Wouldn't you rather use a pod? / Juni [hugging Zero's avatar, and ostensibly the simulation node]: Really? Breeze, yes! Thank you! / Zero [crossing its tentacles uncomfortably]: Hey! Mind my cooling vents!
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Unity: Passage [[Juni and Tanya float in a pod, snuggling, silhouetted against the blue-shifted background of deep space.]]
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Unity: Coming home Juni: [[Kajoshi]] Mom! I got your message, and came as soon as we could. What's wrong? / Hira: Oh, Juni! How did you get here so fast? I only spoke to that creature of yours yesterday. You have no excuse to not visit me now! / Juni: But the [[Hiero]] pods only just became av— / Hira: [[talking over Juni]] [[Hiero]] Hello, you are Tanya! It's is nice to meet you now finally. / Tanya: [[Kajoshi]] Good evening, ma'am. / Hira: Oh! You speak Kajoshi? Juni never told me that! / Juni: [[Hiero]] I've been teaching her a little. / Tanya: [[Kajoshi]] Very little. / Hira: Well, then. Hello, Tanya. Have you eaten? / Tanya: I am well-fed. / Hira: Ah, she is one to hold on to. / Tanya: [[Hiero]] Uh-huh. What's she sayin'? / Juni: It means she likes you.
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Unity: Lead-in Juni [Kajoshi]: So how has Tamu been, anyway? He doesn't tell me so much, lately. / Hira: Oh, he is fine. Perhaps he is slowing down in his old age, but the children are dear to him. / Hira: They all call him [Hiero]"uncle lizard." / [[Tanya rubs Juni's shoulders]] / Juni: I'm glad. He sure seems to be enjoying the hubshine here. / Juni: So... about your message. It seemed quite urgent. / Hira: Ah, not so urgent, but very important, yes. Please join me in the temple. / Juni: [Kajoshi] I see. [Hiero] Tanya, I've got to go inside. Sorry, but you need to stay out here. / Tanya: Okay. / Hira: [Hiero] But to not going too far! [Kajoshi] Come on, Juni.
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Unity: Family matters [[Juni is in the foyer for the temple; Hira remains dressed]] / Hira: Someone in the village has had a parth, and the mother is much too frail to care for her. Do you think that the South would make a good home? / Juni: Sure, I guess. Why, has someone from there offered to adopt her? / Hira: Well, not exactly. / Hira: This child is very special, and I was hoping you would want to adopt her, what with being unable to have children of your own. / Juni: I hadn't really thought about it one way or the other. Why me? / Hira: Two parths of the same mother are not too different than if one parth had the other, yes? / Juni: Pretty much. Why, is this not the first time the mother-- / Juni: Oh. / Juni [stunned]: OH.
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Unity: Fetch Hira [Kajoshi]: So you see why you're the most obvious prospect. / Juni: Yes, I... wow, a sister? Why didn't you tell... wow. / Hira: So you'll adopt her as your own? / Juni: Oh, yes! Definitely, but I need to tell Tanya first... / [[Hira claps]] / Hira: I have already arranged for that. / [[Eugene leads Tanya in, naked]] / Tanya [Hiero]: Sorry t'come inside but th' li'l red kid insisted all nice. Dang, it is warm here. / Juni [Kajoshi]: Really, mom? Bringing an outsider into the temple? / Tanya [Hiero]: Still dun get why I gotta be nekkid, though. / Eugene [Hiero]: Is just a thing. / Hira [Hiero]: So what is another old rule? Male [Kajoshi]broodwitch, you're married to [Kajoshi]outsider, it is all good. / Hira [Kajoshi]: Eugene, fetch the child, please. / Eugene [Kajoshi]: Yes'm. / Hira [Hiero]: Juni and Tanya, this is someone to show you. / Tanya [Hiero, softly]: You folk are weird. / Juni [Hiero, softly]: Yeah?
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Unity: The Next Generation [[Eugene holds up a Kayohash pup, lavender with light-blue hair. Hira holds her tail, and Juni and Tanya reach out to touch her.]] / Hira: Say hello to Thena Melrose.
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Unity: The beginning [[External shot of Unity]] / Zero: Hello, universe. This is Icarus ship 184-31A, resuming broadcast after some minor technical difficulties. Internal relative time is 21,946,623.685 Earth years post-launch. / Zero: The stellar fragment is shining, the weather is absolutely PERFECT, and life is continuing in its beautiful endless dance. / Zero: My name is Zero. It will be a pleasure to meet you. / [end]
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Journal: January 31, 2010: Terminus [[fluffy sits at the computer]] / fluffy [thinking]: Ah, finally, the last Unity is DONE. / fluffy [thinking]: Holy CRAP that was a lot of work. / [[fluffy stands and stretches]] / fluffy [thinking]: Yeah, from now on I'm gonna keep my stories brief. / [[Juni tugs on fluffy's shirt]] / fluffy: Huh? / [[fluffy looks out to see several Unity characters looking forlornly at it]] / [[fluffy kneels down for Juni]] / fluffy: Yes, Juni? / Juni [written Hiero]: fluffy, do you hate us? / fluffy: No, of course not! I love you all. / Zero [non-spoken thought]: Then why you do terminate our reality? / fluffy: I didn't, I put it in a spot where I can do many more things with it. / fluffy: I have many plans, ESPECIALLY for you, Zero. And not just Twitter. / Zero: Good. Twitter is mostly boring. / Sam [Hiero]: Later on, I was such a jerk... I don't like being thought of that way. / fluffy: Aw, you weren't a jerk. You were pretty frustrated by a ridiculously bad situation. / fluffy: I figure you eventually make up with Juni and Tanya, and your nephews babysit Thena and you're all good friends. / Sam [Hiero]: Oh, that's good. / fluffy: Well, yeah, I mean, there's a lot Juni didn't pay attention to, so we never really got your point of view. / Juni [Hiero]: So I was the jerk. / fluffy: Yeah, pretty much. Sorry. / Juni [Hiero]: ... breezing kessel ... / fluffy: Mind your language. Entropy-mouth. / Tanya [Hiero]: So, am I a neutrois now? / fluffy: I don't actually know! Can't you just leave it to your imagination? / Tanya [Hiero]: I'm in YOUR imagination, hon. / fluffy: Good point. Clearly i should be sleeping instead of talking to myself. Good night, imaginary future space critters. / [[fluffy trudges off]] / [[The Duchess and the Womble arrive]] / Duchess: Hey, are we late for the Q&A with that "artist?" / [[The cast of Unity peers at the Duchess]] / Duchess: Well I'm not the one who violated causality this time. / Duchess: Oh wait, yes I am. / [[The Duchess looks over at the Womble, who is carrying four Melrose pups in its pouch. The Womble facepalms.]]
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Journal: December 22, 2009: Trim [[Saturday]] / [[fluffy sits in a barber chair, as Blanca the hair stylist starts to trim its rather long hair]] / [[Tuesday]] / [[fluffy is at work, pretending to be busy]] / Wendy: Oh, you cut your hair! / fluffy: Yeah, I was pretty overdue for a trim. / Wendy: It's cute. / fluffy: Thanks! / Wendy: Oh, sorry, you probably aren't going for "cute," right? / fluffy: No, I am! I'm all about the cute. / Wendy: Oh? I didn't know. / Wendy: Looks nice. / fluffy: Thanks.
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de^x/dx: The new old thing [[Jen walks down a hallway]] / Jen: Gah, I'm so bored. When's the last time I did anything, anyway? / fluffy [leaning against a tank]: Oh, about three and a half years ago. / Jen: Ack! Hey, who--no, WHAT the heck are you?! / fluffy: Oh, sorry! I didn't mean to startle you. I'm your creator. / Jen: My creator? you mean, you're... God? / fluffy: Oh, no, don't be silly. I'm an atheist. / fluffy: This is just a comic strip.
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de^x/dx: 2. Self awareness fluffy: You seem skeptical. / Jen: WHAT is a comic strip? / fluffy: A series of drawings that tell a story, often with humorous intent. / Jen: Duh, I know what a COMIC STRIP is. You said "this is a comic strip." What is "THIS?" / fluffy: This, your existence. Three panels, sometimes a punchline, that sort of thing. / Jen: I don't believe you. Prove it. / fluffy: Look behind you. / [[fluffy squats down and reaches through the border between the second and third panels, while Jen looks behind her - to the right]] / Jen: What? There's nothin' back there. / fluffy: Oh, uh, you missed it. / Jen: What th' heck are you DOING?
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de^x/dx: 3. Many plans Jen: Okay, fine, so I'm in a comic strip. That still doesn't change--wait, why do I believe you all the sudden? / fluffy [leaning against the panel border]: Off-panel action. / Jen: Oh. So what're you doing here now? / fluffy: Well, I feel pretty bad about leaving you guys hanging. Before it got off-track I had lots of ideas for this comic. / fluffy: Time travel, post-apocalyptic wastelands, author self-insertion... / fluffy: Say, how do you feel about puppies? / Jen: They're okay, s'long as they don't frame me for peeing on stuff. Why? / fluffy: Oh, nothing...
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de^x/dx: 4. Ctrl-Alt-Del [[fluffy and Jen in some feature indoor location]] / fluffy: Anyway, it's been so long since this comic has run that there's an easy way to get it back on track. / Jen: What's that? / fluffy: Reboot. / Jen: Reboot? What-- / [[Jen suddenly finds herself in some remote outdoor location with a dam like structure in the background and wearing winter clothing]] / Jen: --the heck just happened?! / {{caption: Does this strip's title reveal too much about my age?}}
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de^x/dx: 5. Ingress [[Jen in a room with piping and a metal tank]] / Jen: Hello? Is anybody home? / Distant voice [growing loader]: EEEEEEEEEEEEEE / Jen: Oh, there she is. / [[Cherry appears, knocking Jen over]] / Cherry: EEEEEEEEE! / Jen: GAH! / Cherry: Oh wow I'm so excited that somebody else is here now because it was getting so quiet and lonely here and I was starting to / Jen: CHERRY! / Cherry: Oh! That is what I am called. Do you know of me? / Jen: Duh. Get offa me! / {{caption: I feel like we've seen this before.}}
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de^x/dx: 6. Acquaintence [[Jen and Cherry...] / Jen: Come on, Cherry, what gives? / Cherry [holding out right hand in greeting]: I do not know, but it must be generous. What are you called? / Jen [adjusting glasses]: What? I'm Jen! I've lived here for years. / Cherry: Oh, have you been deeper in the lab? I am glad you found your way to the upper levels! / Jen: Cherry, don't you remember me? We're friends! / Cherry: Well, Gwen, I am sorry but I have been alone for quite a few time periods. / Jen: Sometimes you turn into a bunny. / Cherry: Well, of course. Don't you? / {{caption: Maybe I should have used ECC memory.}}
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de^x/dx: 7. Who is anyone, really? [[Cherry stands in front of a door]] / Cherry: I understand, you read about me in a memo and think you know me. / Cherry: But I am quite certain that you do not know... / [[Cherry slams the door open. Fred comes out.]] / Cherry: THIS! / Fred: Mruh! / Jen: Hey, Fred. / Fred: Mruh? / Cherry: WHO ARE YOU?!
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de^x/dx: 8. Hang time [[Jen, Cherry and Fred are in a featureless room. Fred is making "mruh" sounds in the background]] / Cherry: It is not possible! How can you know about Fred? / Jen: Duh, I opened that door and he chased me, like, for years ago. / Cherry: W-well then surely you understand what he is saying by now! / Jen: No, but neither do you! He just loves to talk. Remember? / Cherry: N-no... I don't. / Jen: This was right before we got distracted by that hanging old guy. / Cherry: Hanging..Old...guy? / Cherry [running panel right]: OH NO I forgot about him too I hope he is still okay because that would not be good if he is not okay so PLEASE BE OKAY! / Jen: Jeeze, what now? / {{caption: We're establishing the HECK out of these characters.}}
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de^x/dx: 9. Just Hanging Around [[Jen and Cherry are in a room with a step ladder and a man (Doctor Johnson) hanging by the neck from the ceiling]] / Jen: So what's the deal with this guy? You said you put him here, but then I forget what happened. / Cherry: I NEVER SAID ANYTHING LIKE THAT. / Jen: So you didn't put him here? / [[Cherry, sitting on the top of the step ladder, cuts the man free. The man drops to the floor]] / Cherry: Oh, fine. Yes, I found him hanging outside, so I brought him inside so the ECPs could restore him. / Jen: "It is time to wake up." / Cherry: It is time to w--hey! / man [lying on floor]: Hunh? / {{caption: And now we're caught up with the original series. Right?}}
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Journal: March 19, 2010: The middle [[fluffy is on its way home, and is stopped by a young student]] / Student: Hey, sorry to bother you, but could I borrow your cellphone real quick? I gotta call my brother. He was supposed to pick me up after class. / fluffy: What? Oh, sure. / Student: Damnit. / fluffy: No answer? / Student: No. Thanks. / fluffy: Sure, no problem. / [[Later]] / [[fluffy is at home and gets a phonecall]] / fluffy [thinking]: Hm, that's the number that kid called. / fluffy [answering the phone]: Hello? / Caller: Hi, do you know who this phone belongs to? I found it on the train. / fluffy: No... uh, someone else was trying to find the owner from my phone. / Caller: I see. Cheers.
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Journal: March 20, 2010: In Soviet San Francisco [[At the SF Chocolate Salon Entry Line]] / [[fluffy, Skyler, and Findra stand in a long line for entry into a chocolate trade show]] / Russian immigrant: Hello, you may help me out? I am poor immigrant straigh from Russia. I have question... / Russian: What this line is for? / fluffy: A chocolate convention. / Russian: Chocolate? Oh, Obama is speaking? / fluffy: What? No, chocolate. As in candy. Sweets. / Skyler: Food! / Russian: You are in long line getting for FOOD?! In THIS country? / Skyler: It's a trade show thing. / Russian: I thought I leave that behind in Russia. No, I thought I was poor but YOU are ones in line. I leave you alone! / Russian: Do svidaniya, my friends!
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Journal: Closures [[real life, at the office]] / fluffy [looking over Alex's shoulder]: Wow, Alex, that's a pretty hilariously scary Javascript hack. Adding a closure property to String? / Alex: Being able to extend classes with added methods is a core part of the language. / fluffy: Yeah, but. STRING. / Alex: Why not? It's standard practice. / fluffy: Then I have yet another reason to appreciate Javascript *from a distance*. Doesn't that make things really confusing? / Jen [shouting over the panel]: HEY! / [[de^x/dx, in fluffy's studio]] / Jen: What the heck do you think you're doing?! / fluffy: Huh? Just a week of journal comics, why? / Jen: Nobody cares about your boring-ass nerd junk. You promised you'd only do us again for a while! / fluffy: I don't recall ever saying any such thing. / fluffy: Anyway, it was meta-humor about your comic, too, but I'm not sure anyone got the joke. / Jen: Gee, you think? Get back to work, "fluffy." / fluffy: Huh. When did I tell you my name? / Jen [pointing at the signature]: The one right there? Or would you rather I call you J- / fluffy [cutting Jen off]: Okay, back to your series! Jeeze!
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de^x/dx: 10. Caught up [[Cherry, Doctor Johnson (reclining on the floor and looking groggy) and Jen in a featureless room]] / Doctor Johnson: Where and I? / Cherry: Doctor Johnson! You are alive, and this is pleasing to me! / Doctor Johnson: Wh... who are you? Do I know you? / Cherry: I am Cherry. I found your personnel file. It is most gracious of you to have chosen to remain here. / Doctor Johnson: Here? Remain? / Jen: More like "remains," right? Hm, that sounded funnier in my head. / Doctor Johnson [regarding Jen]: And who are you? / Cherry: This is Gwen! / Jen: Jen, actually. / Cherry: Don't mind her. She thinks she's from the future. / Jen: Nah, I think we're all caught up now. / {{caption: And what's the deal with airline food? I mean you can't even get it anymore! Am I right?}}
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