Alright - this is what Grief told me about himself: he was raised and taken care of by an old, eccentric, kind-hearted and wise alien named Grant. Before he died, he was a genius of technology. He has designed and built many kinds of incredible machines and devices. At some point of his life, Grant started working for Queen Loo-mi-nah. For obvious reasons, he kept Grief's existance a secret. Few years later, Grant has finished his greatest invention - interdimensional teleporter. Well, its miniature version, actually. And guess what - it was added to Princess Loo-nah's escape pod system! I finally learnt how she got into my dimension! Grief also said that his caretaker passed away three years before the Irkens came to conquer Formika. Soon after Grant's death, Grief was found by one of the ladies-in-waiting, inside the royal store room. She was the one who alarmed everyone in Queen Loo-mi-nah's castle. Poor Arachner was forced to flee, never given a slightest chance to to show his true left planet Formika by a spaceship Grant once constructed (just in case). He's been travelling from planet to planet, only to constanly be chased, hated and mistreated by everyone he met. Finally, he got to Earth and went into hiding in the woods. All this time he was doing his best just to survive, eating roots, berries, even dead animals. He tried to hunt once or twice, but he couldn't bring himself to kill a living creature.
- Oh, damn! This is so sad... - I mumbled with compassion.
- And you, Solitaire, are the first person who's ever been kind to me since Grant died. - added Grief sadly.
- I'm really, really sorry for you. But... what about the toys? Did you get them by your own straight from my dimension?
- No. Grant has been travelling throughout many different dimensions, extending his knowledge and bringing me more and more awesome toys as well.
- I see. All's clear now!
I grinned in a vicious way. A new, brilliant idea appeared in my head.
I came to Dib's bedroom while he was still asleep the next morning. In my teddy bear form, I flew to him and poked him gently.
- Hey! Hey, wake up! - I whispered.
Dib yawned, turned around and opened his eyes.
- Huh? Solitaire? - I said half-conciously.
- Wake up. This is important.
The boy yawned once more and sat down on the edge of a big, comfy, fancy bed he's been given to sleep in.
- Wh-what is it?
- Change your clothes and come with me.
- But where?
- Nearby.
Over a quarter later we were standing in front of a building that resembled a shed, but more solid and much better-looking than a regular one.
- I don't remember this being here before.
- I've built this last night.
- What for?
- Take a look inside. - I flew towards the door and pulled it. Wide open shed revealed to Dib tons of bags of many shapes, sizes and colors. All of them, with no exception, were marked with one and the same symbol - the symbol of the Irken Empire.
- Solitaire... what the heck are those?
- Snack supplies I have stolen directly from the Massive.
- Do you ever quit surprising me?
- Correction: Now is YOUR turn to surprise the others.
- Huh? What do you mean by that?
- It's elementary, my dear Dib. As soon as you and your guests are done with your breakfast, you'll bring them here and let them see your humongous swap.
- Oh...
That was just priceless. I couldn't help but laugh while watching hilarious, astonished face expressions of Princess Loo-nah, Queen-Loo-mi-nah, Onigiri and (former)Prisoner 777. Dib presented them those Irken snacks as plundered by himself, just like I instructed him to do. By the way - '' Backseat Drivers From Beyond The Stars'' has always been my most favourite ''Invader Zim'' episode ever. Mainly for the Resisty. I've been recalling their images and quotes in my memory at least once a day for a long, long time. Since the day I saw them for the first time, actually. And that's why I decided to steal all snacks from the Massive's storage pods. I craved to succeed where the Resisty failed. Amounts of snacks taken away from the Armada were too huge for the ''mansion's'' few habitants to have it all eaten before the expiration date. On the other hand, I couldn't just throw those out, because in my opinion it is a deadly sin to waste food, even the junky one.
- So... what are you going to do with those snacks? - asked Grief curiously. He was standing next to me, watching Dib and the others in my magic mirror.
- You'll see. But first... - I changed my form from human to teddy bear. - I'm off to the woods for a little hunting.
- Oh my! Hunting!? I hope you don't mean any harm to poor, sweet, innocent forest animals, do you!?
- Huh? Who said anything about animals? - I giggled.