The egg didn't hatch, but both Robin and Jim agreed that it looked like it would soon. "But it could be days," Jim whined.
"Only a few, by the look of it," said Robin.
"That sounds pretty indefinite. If we could only get a better idea how many."
Just then the sky was lit up by huge numbers. The numbers 351000, to be specific.
"That doesn't look very promising," said Jim, not knowing that the numbers had nothing to do with hatching time, but were just there to let the reader know that the BE AddVenture had hit another thousand episode milestone. But that's characters for you. They have no sense of anniversary.
"I bet those numbers have nothing to do with hatching time," said Robin. "They probably have nothing to do with us at all. It's just some strange coincidence. Come on, Jim, we can't just leave the thing."
"Why not?"
"How would you like it if you were in an egg on an alien world and no one would take care of you?"
"Being an embryo, I'm not sure I would have any opinion at all. Here's one for you. How would you like it if while we're wasting time watching this silly egg someone else wins the contest?"
"Shut up and watch the silly egg."
"It's a waste of time," Jim reiterated.
She gave him that look women have, the one that says okay this argument is finished, now do what I say. It's this weird freaky power they have. You know what I mean. And Jim did like men have done since the beginning of time. He did what she said, without even wondering why.
And it was a good thing he did.
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