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[ SO UM

YOUR DOOR JUST GOT BROKEN DOWN BY THIS REALLY APOLOGETIC PERSON ]

-- oh shit, sorry.

[hand may or may not be accessing a gun—a neat looking space gun—that's now drifting behind his back]

Excuse me?

Have you seen a goat? I didn't mean to break your door.

[the gun becomes less of a gun behind his back and instead a pod looking thing that he just sets down, whoops]

Aren't goats accustomed to being outside?

. . . . . .

Yyyesss, you're right. That is a pretty fancy pod-thing you have there I don't supposed it fixes broken doors does it.

No, but doors are primitive and easily repaired.

That's true but who actually says "doors are primitive" . . .

Me.

Apparently.

Are you a jerk by any chance?

It depends on the occasion. Right now, I've been very kind to you, haven't I? Even if you destroyed my door of primitiveness.

That was an accident! Also I didn't mean it in a judge-y way just . . . did you just say Door of Primitiveness.

Primitiveness is a rather long word.

So, where you come from are there not doors then? How do you have privacy?

Our doors are not primitive.

Fancy . . . doors?

Yes.

But you are not prepared to learn of them. They do come from an advanced civilization.

. . . well, I mean, I've seen some fancy doors before. It just kind of seems silly to be like 'These Doors Are Inferior Because Whatever Reason' . . .

For how long Earth has been around, you'd think it would be far more advanced. The mechanism of having to turn a knob.

Is it really that important, though? There's a lot of cool things about Earth.

There are.

If the doors really mattered you could help people make better doors.

Unfortunately, Earth is not ready for such advanced doors. It is custom to ... earn such things.

What, pay for it?

No. Money isn't everything.

Though ... I suppose I'm no longer following those rules ...

Oh, like a law thing. [ waves a hand ] Who actually pays attention to those, though.

Don't most?