Beep narrowed her eyes slightly. “Yeah, I had a feeling…” she mumbled. “Well, it’s alright. Let’s just go watch the movie.”

Bowyetta
sat down on the couch, chatting to Mr. Sir excitedly. “You are having
seen Tippy The Gem Stars before, Mr. Sir? Is not being as good as Nise
Suta Heishi, but Bowyetta is still much loving of it!”

“…Hey Bowyetta?” Beep spoke up. “Why don’t you all get us some drinks or something for the movie?”

Bowyetta smiled. “Oh, well… Bowyetta is knowing the movie will be starting soon… But would much be nice to be having of snacks!”

As
Bowyetta got up off the couch, Beep turned to Mr Sir with a worried
expression. “Alright, Mr. Sir… Is anything going on with you lately? You
seem… Pretty distressed, and we’ve been worried about you…”

The inkblot shrunk back. Beep clearly wasn’t buying it. How could he tell her, though?

“I won’t need much, thanks,” he politely said, before Beep turned to him.

“I…er…uh…that is…” he tried, looking around desperately for ideas. He gave up, silently handing her the pink slip, eyes pointed downward. Might as well let the paper do the talking for him. Not like he mattered a whole lot, anyway.