busybee comics | Unity: 230. Seventeen

Transcript

Juni [carrying the drone Seventeen]: Hey, Eugene.
Seventeen: Ow ow ow ow ow
Eugene: Hi. Why're you carryin' that bug thing around again?
Juni: It got some sand in its wheel. I was hoping you could do me a favor.
Seventeen: this hurts
Eugene: Sure, what?
Seventeen: HOW does it hurt?
Seventeen: come on FIX ME

Juni: Could you take care of Seventeen for me? Like a pet. It won't take much, and it would make it much easier for me to keep an eye on the village.
Seventeen: NO DON'T LEAVE ME WITH HIM
Eugene: You named it?
Seventeen: I'm sorry I called you "fleshy!"
Juni: Sort of. Zero-- Uh, it's a little bit complicated.
Eugene: You're complicated.
Seventeen: he's just going to break me

[[Closeup on Seventeen sitting by Juni's and Eugene's feet]]
Juni: Well, will you do it?
Eugene: Sure, I guess. What's it eat?
Juni: It feeds off the hub. You just have to keep it out of trouble and clean its wheels occasionally.
Seventeen: You can fix me when we get home!
Eugene: How do I do that?
Juni: I'll show you. We'll need a spatcher.
Seventeen: you're so mean

Comments

12/04/2009 04:07 pm

Agh too cute. ^_^
Oh but woah what, no numbers!?
You certainly are ambitious with this whole "backwater" thing...interesting...

12/04/2009 04:19 pm

Kajoshi has numbers, but Zero, Seventeen, and all the rest all named as such in Hiero, not in Kajoshi. You don't call Tenchi "Heaven and Earth."

12/05/2009 12:39 pm

oh b'duh, yes yes of course. But if they have names...uh, wow, that really is a bit complicated. !-!

12/05/2009 02:10 pm

The names are very systematic, and a careful reread of the archive will reveal the reason for them (Monday's strip will help).