actually never leaving.

junobot push her in.

LET'S CHANGE THE SUBJECT.

let's change the subject.

does she have... calloused 🥵🥵 fingers

me? with a JOB?

never mind that. where'd i learn to walk & talk?

i salvaged him, patched his motherboard back together & reprogrammed him. he was the first time i wasn't alone.

there was nothing to explore. the world was big but the storm was always so close, and we could never push past it, so the world may as well have been one room. one big sandy room. once every few months, maybe, the storm would get thin, and i could see further, but there was nothing to see.

repair work? hmm. noted. urf? caps? all i had was sand.

odd jobs like what? ( she doesn't seem to quite believe him. ) junobot can dig really big holes.

you can cook! hold on, do we have to be concerned about money? doesn't it just... ... lance, how do you get money?

it's FINE. it's FINE. oh wait, i can leverage this for something nice. like dinner.

looking into it...

not all of them. :'(

not you!!

speaking of hating women.

mmmmmmmmm...

beats sand!

WHAT

because that's his name?

EVIL

if i was blonde i would definitely be evil.

beautiful women are allowed to waste my time actually.

AAAAA WHY ARE MY FINGERS TURNING INTO WEIRD PRUNES

i'll show you hard.

now that she really thinks about it large, open bodies of water seem recklessly risky... what if her hair gets wet?

tragically beautiful

ha. ha. ha. ok.

we're going swimming! what else would we need swim shorts for?

oh yeah she's not turning down a free drink from a woman this pretty even if it is probably some kind of honey trap. honey is delicious.

with gusto, junobot! with gusto!

topless??

i should get junobot some swim shorts.

oh? then all crimes are forgiven.

not even a gum wrapper? hard times.

it's a good day to be broke.

she's simply silent, not in refusal but in resignation. this is the game. this was *still* the game.

things are about to get... zesty!

i knew making you italian was risky!

yes! more attention, yes!

the cheese grater is NOT part of the fit unless you keep pissing me off...

IT GRATES CHEESE JUNO IT'S NOT AN ACCESSORY I WAS JUST SNACKISH!!!

too much? too much.

this universe is so needy!!!

BUT I DON'T WANT TO!!! this is good! we can be happy here! we can go on- on adventures together & fight evil forces, or you know, forces that piss us off! we can do what we want! we can just live! we aren't hurting anyone! why can't we just live? why can't we just live?

now we're fucked.

juno, all those words sound made up!

your analytical tools are too simplistic for genetic work?