004 - Mincemeat

[deadly_ned]

Hello, Barge. My name is Ned, and I have a completely arbitrary and unrelated question to ask.

If you had a minute - 60 seconds - with any person currently dead and could talk and interact with them as normal, alive people would...

What would you say or ask them?

I suppose this question goes to the people who are currently...dead....and have alive people back home they're separated from as well.

It's an odd question, I know. But I've been...curious, lately.



Also, would the elf who took my wallet please give it back now? I hope you remember me; I was the piemaker dressed as a Franciscan monk. I hate to treat the network as my own personal Lost Connections newsletter but I really didn't know what other way to get in touch with you.

And if you're not actually an elf, I'm sorry for calling you one.

Comments

[deadly_ned]

My dad abandoned me at a boarding school when I was nine and never came back. Our planet didn't blow up. He was just a terrible human being.


I'm glad your father was different. Someone's fathers should at least be decent.

[megamind]

I was raised in a prison. I pretty much know nothing but terrible human beings at home... and a handful of surprisingly nice ones.

[deadly_ned]

I'm guessing that's not a metaphor for an emotional prison.

[megamind]

Mmmmmnope.

[deadly_ned]

Prison is terrible, both as an emotional and a physical lock-down. But I think that's part of the point.

[megamind]

Yes, quite. Anyway.

Now that I've been a huge downer and made a speech, I should, uh. Go continue to try and reorganize the lair.

[deadly_ned]

Then I guess I'll take the opportunity to reorganize my kitchen.

[megamind]

If you feel the need, don't let me stop you!

[deadly_ned]

I won't.