CROW WAS CONCERNED ABOUT JACK. HE HAD NOT BEEN IN THE BIKER SHED FOR A FEW DAYS AND THE BILLS FOR HIS DRY CLEANING WERE SUDDENLY BEING DIRECT DEBITED FROM CROW'S BANK ACCOUNT.

HE DECIDED TO TALK TO YOUSAY ABOUT IT, BUT YOUSAY JUST NODDED BECAUSE TALKING IS NOT HIS SPECIAL SKILL.

BRUNO, INSTEAD, BEING PERFECT, STEPPED IN ON YOUSAY'S BEHALF TO EXPLAIN.

"CROW, I KNOW JACK IS PART OF OUR TEAM, BUT YELLOW IS A COLOUR THAT NEEDS TO BE FREE FROM TIME TO TIME. LIKE PIKACHU NEEDS TO BE FREE FROM ASH FROM TIME TO TIME."

YOUSAY AND CROW FELL SILENT -

"WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?" SAID CROW.

"I JUST MEAN WE SHOULDN'T BE TOO HARD ON JACK-" SAID BRUNO.

"NO, NOT ABOUT THAT, ABOUT THE ASH AND PIKACHU - ARE YOU SAYING YOU'VE BEEN PLAYING THE POKEMON TCG?"

YOUSAY STOOD UP, OBVIOUSLY VERY UPSET AND HURT JUDGING BY THE WAY HIS CRAB HAIR COVERED HIS EYES AND FLED FROM THE ROOM, WITH A DRAMATIC SPEEDLINE-FILLED STILL SHOT.

"WELL, YOUR EXPLANATION WORKED AT LEAST" SAID CROW "I DON'T THINK JACK IS THE PROBLEM AROUND HERE ANYMORE."

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MEANWHILE, IN THE TEA PLACE, JACK WAS DRINKING TEA, BECAUSE TEA IS GOOD AND SOPHISTICATED AND THE GIRLS THINK IT'S HOT EVEN THOUGH JACK WOULD NOT THINK SUCH THINGS.

SUDDENLY CARLY WAS THERE. SHE LOOKED LIKE THE BABY OF A SWALLOW AND AN OWL, JACK THOUGHT.

"JACK, I HAVE NEWS ON A MYSTERY I'VE BEEN KIND OF LOOKING AT OKAY I WAS OBSESSIVELY RESEARCHING IT - BASICALLY WHAT I'M SAYING IS IT'S DONE."

JACK SIPPED HIS TEA. NOT THIS SHIT AGAIN, WHY COULDN'T THEY JUST SIT DOWN AND DRINK TEA TOGETHER WHY DID IT ALWAYS HAVE TO BE-

CARLY HAD PUT A POSTCARD IN FRONT OF HIM - IT WAS A POSTCARD OF KILLYOU, WITH A CRAB.

"DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS?" CARLY SAID

JACK SIPPED HIS TEA. NOT THIS SHIT AGAIN WHY COULDN'T KILLYOU JUST STAY ON HIS GODDAMN TRIP AND WHY DOES HE HAVE TO BE SO OBVIOUS WITH THE WHOLE CRAB THING.

"ACCORDING TO MY RESEARCH, THIS CRAB IS THE LAST LIVING DESCENDANT OF AN ATLANTEAN KING - I KNOW THIS BECAUSE I READ IT ON THE INTERNET. SO LIKE, CAN YOU GIVE ME KILLYOU'S NUMBER?"

JACK SIPPED HIS TEA.

HE SIPPED HIS TEA, SLOWLY.