"Oh, dear." "This is an unexpected bonus." "I think I shall call you basil's retirement plan." "Wait." "What are you doing?" "No! Ship?" "Ship, ship." "What's a matter, ship?" "Ship, ship, ship!" "Baz-el?" "What about him?" "Ship, ship, ship, ship." "Ship, ship, ship." "He's in trouble?" "You're going to help him?" "Wait!" "Oh, ship." "Told you it was the forever knights." "I don't see how these things fit into the whole king Arthur theme." "Maybe they're supposed to be horses." "Anyway, I thought they broke up last year." "I don't think so." "We'll ask them about it after we kick their cans." "Humongousaur!" "I know." "I'm nimble for a big guy." "I never liked the rodeo anyway." "Ben?" "Uh..." "Julie." "How did you find us?" "How do you think?" "I'm a little surprised to see you, considering." "Considering what?" "Considering the fact that you broke up with me." "I didn't break... it's not that simple." "You said we shouldn't see each other." "Sounds simple to me." "I said, "considering how little time you have for me lately, we might as well be" ""broken up."" "That is not my fault." "Look, I didn't want to ask you for help, but I don't have a choice." "Help with what?" "I was playing with ship, and then he got a signal from baz-el, and then he took off like a rocket." "So you're just here about ship." "I'm worried about him." "Well, I wouldn't." "He's gone away before." "He'll be back." "Ben, you're not listening." "This time is different." "Sure." "Well..." "Good luck." "Forget about Ben." "We'll help you." "Thank you." "Smooth move, Romeo." "You sure showed her." "Showed her what?" "You don't know, either, huh?" "So, I let her go." "I guess I shouldn't have." "But I still had forever knights to trash." "And after that, there's always the press." "But, you know, they're ditchable." "Kind of." "You don't have to do their interviews, but they'll still trash you on their stupid cable shows." "I guess there's no way to escape the things that really matter." "Like Julie." "She says I don't spend enough time with her, that I take her for granted, but I can't just drop everything whenever I want." "I have responsibilities." "I'm a famous superhero!" "I see." "Peanuts?" "No." "You sure?" "Yes." "Are you and Julie ever gonna be friends again?" "She won't even talk to me!" "But do you want to talk to her?" "Yes." "Then maybe you should go talk to her." "Jetray!" "Oh, yeah." "That was Ben Tennyson." "Him and me, we're like this." "Way back." "I'm gonna have to jump to hyperspace to catch them." "I can do that..." "ln theory." "I appreciate this." "Don't worry about it." "We're glad to help." "Besides, we are all up to here with Ben." "I mean, if he says, "I saved the whole entire universe," one more time, I'm gonna go psycho." "Again?" "It's just an expression." "And yet I still feel the need to check." "Maybe he doesn't know how he comes off to other people." "Oh, he knows." "He just doesn't care." "Don't make excuses for him, Julie." "You stuck by him, and he didn't do the same for you." "Aaaaaaah!" "That was set to immobilize." "Now it's set to disintegrate." "Use your powers at your own peril." "Yes, well, perhaps you could loosen it a bit?" "I'm warning you... if I lose my lunch, it'll be your fault." "Don't toy with me!" "Tell me... where's the other occulent?" "The what?" "The sacred eye of the sentinel!" "I don't know, you myopic moon cub!" "Look, I told you I thought this was just an old ruin!" "This is our most revered place of worship." "Yes, well, you don't take from the looks of it, I assumed you were all extinct." "Ship!" "Ship?" "Here?" "You're in a great deal of trouble, you know." "Are we?" "Shi-I-I-I-p!" "Shi-I-I-p." "Shi-I-I-p." "Ship!" "Shi-I-I-p..." "Is he going to..." "Shh!" "I have to concentrate." "My magic doesn't work well on technology." "What are you doing?" "Oh." "Eating." "So I heard." "Mmm." "It's a fleen cake." "Want some?" "What's a fleen cake?" "Just the most delicious desert in the whole galaxy." "You wouldn't believe how much they cost." "And I just scored six of them last week." "Scored?" "Not like that." "A guy owed me for a thing." "A legal thing." "I'm not hungry." "I'm too worried about... sh-I-I-I-I-p?" "Gwen, you did it!" "Or he smelled the cake." "Oh, ship, I thought you were..." "You're okay now." "And we can go back to earth and... ship, ship." "Ship, ship, ship, ship." "What now?" "He doesn't want to go back with us." "Why?" "Ship, ship, ship." "He says baz-el's been captured." "He wants to rescue him." "In spite of the fact that baz-el's a total weasel?" "Ship, ship!" "Ship, ship, ship!" "He says, "yeah, in spite of that."" "Already found ship, huh?" "Obviously." "Great." "So I guess we can go home now?" "No!" "Ship." "We're going to help baz-el." "But he'a total weasel!" "We've already gone over that." "A little help here." "It's not my fault you missed the recap." "Ship's something, isn... whoa!" "That's better." "I mean, coming all this way to save baz-el, you have to admire that kind of loyalty." "Don't you?" "I guess." "Only, I didn't think ship would care more about baz-el than me." "This is ridiculous." "I flew halfway across the galaxy so Julie could tell me to buzz off again?" "I don't deserve this." "I'm a world-famous hero!" "You're a world-famous jerk!" "That's better." "And if you weren't such a jerk, maybe she wouldn't have dumped you in the first place." "Oh." "And now you're the expert on feelings?" "No, but I am an expert on jerks." "You know, I don't have to take that from... hunh!" "Unh!" "Show me where you've hidden the occulent." "I've already told you a dozen times..." "I can't show you what I don't have." "Infidel!" "Uncalled for!" "Uncalled for!" "Ship!" "Ship, ship, ship!" "I know, ship." "We're going to help him." "Guys, we're trying to be sneaky." "Can you hold it..." "Never mind." "Ship?" "Let go of me, you... you... ahh, a little one." "If baz-el won't tell me the whereabouts of the occulent to save himself, perhaps he'll do it to save you." "Ship, ship, ship!" "Perhaps he won't." "But I wager you will to save the lives of your friends!" "Ship..." "I grow impatient." "Talk!" "Ship." "Ship." "You're not convinced." "Very well." "Eradicate the female." "Ship!" "Good boy." "Behind you, Julie!" "Need any help?" "Okay, then." "So, you..." "Keep doing..." "That, and" "I'll go..." "Uh..." "Help baz-el!" "Relax." "This won't take long." "Brainstorm!" "I strongly you suggest you keep unnecessary motion to a bare minimum whilst I endeavor to extricate you from this vile contrivance." "These requires even more brain power than I anticipated." "Fortunately, there is no shortage of electroencephalic energy where brainstorm is concerned." "Oh, just get on with it!" "Stop, you imbecile!" "Imbecile?" "I dare say that I have greater intellectual capacity in my left claw than you have in your entire species." "I won't warn you again!" "Now, where was I?" "Ah, zes." "On the verge of succeeding brilliantly." "All done." "Blasphemer!" "Don't you realize that, by destroying the altar, you've awakened the sentinels?" "!" "I've who'd the what now?" "Oh, man." "Swampfire!" "Ultimate swampfire!" "Oh, that's cool!" "Well, I don't like the looks of this one bit." "What is your problem?" "I..." "Have a very delicate stomach, which does not respond well to stress or impending doom." "Oh, dear." "Wait." "It doesn't want us." "Put that..." "I beg your pa... unh!" "It wants that." "Here, take it." "Uh," "Julie, hello?" "Dangerous!" "Ship." "You had it on you this whole time?" "More like in you." "Look, do you know what I do for a living, hmm?" "Do you?" "I fly from one pathetic planet to another, taking atmospheric readings." "Oh, look!" "There's a lot of nitrogen here." "And a trace of argon... my favorite!" "And that's on a good day!" "The hours are long, the work is tedious beyond belief, and by the way, it pays a miserably low salary." "Ergo, when I can, I collect a few..." "Souvenirs for profit." "I call it my retirement plan." "So shoot me." "Okay." "Kevin!" "I might have been kidding." "Oh, great sentinels of monarch, once again, you have triumphed over your enemies!" "We, your servants, give thanks for... do you mind?" "We're trying to have a conversation here." "This is a temple!" "Sorry, sorry." "I guess there's only one thing left." "Ship?" "Julie, what are you doing?" "Don't you get it?" "Ship came here to save baz-el, no matter what." "Ship's a part of him." "But he's your pet." "More than that, he's your friend." "Sometimes friendships end." "And maybe that's the way it's supposed to be." "Julie, I'm trying to help you here." "You've already helped plenty." "Ship?" "Well, then, everybody's happy." "Benjamin Kirby" "Tennyson." "We get to go home, and you get to sell ship to the highest bidder." "That is your plan, isn't it?" "Of course." "Any species that's at war would pay a fortune for him." "But he's just a..." "Deadly space weapon?" "That's right." "And you're the one who trained him." ""Look!" "He's a Cannon!"" "Oh, now he's a battle cruiser!" ""Good boy, ship!"" "What'll it be, ship?" "Go with baz-el so he can make a few bucks selling you, or stay with Julie, who really cares ab..." "Julie!" "Hmm." "Rather stacked the deck there, didn't you?" "Fine." "I'm leaving before all of this pathetic cloying affection gives me another stomachache." "Unh." "So, uh..." "Can we talk?" "Actually, I'm kind of talked out." "Hey, I know I'm a jerk sometimes." "Sometimes?" "I got this." "But you're the only person in my life, besides them, who isn't impressed by all that other stuff." "You know the real me, faults and all, and that's okay with you." "Kind of." "Kind of." "You promise you'll do better?" "I promise I'll try." "Then I'll try, too."