What's the point...

[allons_y_alonso]

 ...in having a birthday if you don't even get the day off work for it?

Comments

[maiditoutalive]

does your screwdriver have something to do with that??

[allons_y_alonso]

Nah. Probably just my winning personality!

[maiditoutalive]

im not sure thats enough to deflect bullets

[allons_y_alonso]

I'm still around, aren't I?

[maiditoutalive]

that doesnt imply causation

[allons_y_alonso]

No, but whatever I'm doing seems to be working!

[maiditoutalive]

yes i guess it must
youve made it this long

[allons_y_alonso]

And only a few slip-ups along the way!

[maiditoutalive]

how many is a few

[allons_y_alonso]

Only nine or ten fatal ones, really.

[maiditoutalive]

oh thats not so bad
out of how many years?

[allons_y_alonso]

Over the course of about seven hundred years or so?

Made it more than two centuries without a slip before that!

[maiditoutalive]

wow youre really old

[allons_y_alonso]

Only barely middle-aged!

[maiditoutalive]

does all your species live so long

[allons_y_alonso]

Longer, sometimes. Actually, for someone my age, I'm getting close to the end of my lifespan.

[maiditoutalive]

so that would make you
...old

[allons_y_alonso]

No!

Well, yes. Yes, a bit. But not really!

[maiditoutalive]

well which is it doctor

[allons_y_alonso]

Fairly old, honestly.

[maiditoutalive]

aha
you could have just said so
nobody cares if youre ancient

[allons_y_alonso]

I said old, not ancient.

[maiditoutalive]

no thats ancient
rustbloods only live about 40 human years

[allons_y_alonso]

Oh. Well then. Ancient it is.

[maiditoutalive]

its ok
youre not wearing your pants high
theres hope for you still to counteract your age