بخش 09

Oh, no!

Huh!

You know, Weaver, you still owe me that dinner.

Baby love.

We made it, Z! You da ant!

Eh! You did it.

We did it.

Fellas, fellas, please. Oh! Oh!

This is very embarrassing for me, I…

On the other hand, I probably could get used to this.

There you have it. Your average boy meets girl, boy likes girl, boy changes underlying social order story.

So, what else can I tell you?

We rebuilt the colony. It’s even better than before, you know, ‘cause now it has a very large indoor swimming pool.

Bala and I, incidentally, are thinking of starting a family, you know, just a few kids, maybe a million or two to begin with.

And I’m workin’ with a new therapist, you know, terrific, absolutely terrific.

He’s been putting me in touch with my inner maggot, which is helping me a great deal.

And, you know, I finally feel like I’ve found my place.

And you know what? It’s right back where I started.

But the difference is, this time I chose it.