ANNIE’S HUNTER DRONE, LIKELY IRATE AT THE FACT THAT THE BIOMATRIX WAS IMPORTING EXCESSIVE FLESH NEAR DOCTOR GROMOV’S LOCALE, HAD SLAPPED THE SPACE LAWYER WITH ANNIE’S SKY PINKIE-FINGER MADE OF FIRE.

IT WAS A RATHER PRETTY SIGHT, BUT IT HAD ALSO TOASTED MY MINIONS.

I WALKED TOWARDS THE LAST BIT OF THE LAWYER. ALL OF HIS EGGS WERE SCRAMBLED BY THE SKYFIRE, SO HE WAS EASY TO DEAL WITH.

"SOOOOO TRENDY!

SNIPPY WILL BE MOST IMPRESSED." I ANNOUNCED MERRILY, AS I WRAPPED THE REMNANTS OF SNIPPY'S BEST FRIEND AROUND MY NECK.

THE SCARF ANGRILY HISSED IN LAWYER-SPEAK AT ME, BUT I WAS NOT TO BE DETERRED BY SUCH JUDICIAL INSULTS.

"YOU ARE LATE AND UNCOOPERATIVE! IF YOU DON'T WANT TO MAKE FRIENDS PROPERLY, THEN YOU CAN SIT AROUND MY NECK UNTIL THE NEXT WHOLESOME OPPORTUNITY PRESENTS ITSELF!" I CHASTISED THE LAWYER-SCARF.

"How about now?" A GHOSTLY VISAGE FLASHED BEHIND ME INTO EXISTENCE.

"NO."

"Come on! I gave Snippy a new ticket to life and everything! Let me out of the Damned door!"

"JUST BECAUSE YOU REWOUND HIM, DOESN'T DETRACT FROM THE FACT THAT YOU MURDERED HIM AT LEAST 1135516 TIMES BY MY ACCOUNTS."

"Argh! Most of those were unfortunate accidents. I didn’t nuke him from orbit this time! You can't blame me for everything."

"ARE YOU NOT THE DEAD ZONE POKEMON GYM TRAINER? DID I NOT JUST SEE YOU RELEASE A VERY ILLEGAL TIME-CAT INTO THE WILDS?"

"Hrm."

"THAT'S RIGHT! WHY IS IT ALMOST ALWAYS YOUR FAULT WHEN A TERRIBLE TIME IS HAD BY SNIPPIES? I HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE FOR ALL OF THIS MESS! START BY COLLECTING YOUR TOYS, CLEANING UP YOUR ROOM AND MAYBE THEN I'LL CONSIDER LETTING YOU OUT OF YOUR WELL JUSTIFIED DETENTION."

"Argh. You wizards are all the same. Unreasonable bastards! The Dead Zone is Infinite. It would literally take me an infinite amount of time to `clean it`, especially if I have to work via all of these uncooperative system errors and junk files. How do you not understand that?"

"I UNDERSTAND PLENTY!" I WALKED THROUGH THE GHOST, WITH A FLOURISH, DISPERSING THE ANGRY CLOUD OF TINY VIRUS MOTES COMPOSING HER PERSON. "COME BACK WHEN THE UNIVERSE IS ORDERLY. I HAVE AN IMPORTANT INTERVIEW TO CONDUCT!"