"..."

<...>

"Explain this to me again, 1014."

<Drone popcorn! It's the corn that makes your brain go pop!>

"uhuh."

<It's very popular among the drones.>

"They don't have mouths."

<Chirp?>

"You literally. Don't have mouths, you feed through an oxygenated paste fed through your blowholes."

<That's right.>

"So you-"

<Affirmative!>

"....why are you offering a rubber coating?"

<... Rubber isn't edible?>

"sighs No, 1014, it isn't. I don't understand the point of this popcorn stand amongst the drones."

<Morale during rec time has increased by 30% since setting up, Sir!>

"..."

<Would you like some? ^.=.^>

Darkwitt walks away in bitter resignation.

"You spelled my name wrong."

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Sometimes the drones have quirks and curiosities that are beyond Darkwitt's understanding. Is it a personality glitch? Free will asserting itself? A rival trying to play a sick joke on him? Who can say? Darkwitt can't.

He never can.

Artwork by Bhidiwolf