I went to the “Hands off!” protest on Saturday in Albuquerque. Thousands of people. It was very inspiring, and possibly the first time ABQ felt like a real community to me. <3
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The alien spokesperson, whose name was Prought, continued to speak to Lasper, saying, He and his two cohorts committed several crimes: stealing a vehicle, reckless driving, being a Bollyck. And we are going to bring them to justice.” Angry at the accusation, Val said, “It was only because we were fleeing in self-defense. Besides, we left your vehicle in fine condition.” One of the other pursuing aliens, named Profile, said to Prought, “They did, actually. They set the autopilot to park. It even parked correctly in a legal parking space.” Prought said to Profile, “What have we told you about speaking your thoughts out loud, Wroffle?” Looking properly chastised, Profile said, “Sorry, Prought.” Prought said, Now, turn them over.” Unimpressed, Lasper said, “So you want us to just let you board, and then politely give them to you.” Prought said, “Actually, we were thinking you could just throw them out an airlock without spacesuits, and we’d pick them up about five minutes later.” Yakky looked pointedly at Lasper, and Lasper said, “Not one word, Yakky. Not one word.”
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