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[whatsupcroc]

[ The video starts black. Light cuts through in sharp lines, edging in around blades of grass. No, make that fur.

Fur that gains color into browns as it shifts away from blocking the camera's eye. The rabbit hops away down the table, disappearing for a minute. Two. When it comes back in view, it appears to be wearing tiny, lens-free glasses perched precariously on its twitching nose.

The rabbit sits back on its hind legs, ears swiveling forward and paws tucking close to its chest. When it glances toward the camera, it's almost like the rabbit winks. But it couldn't have.

Could it? ]

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[whatsupcroc]

[ Collette tilts her head to the side, then settles back to scratch at her ear with a hind leg. ]

< Through a very specific application of alien technology! >

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[bratworth]

What alien technology.

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[whatsupcroc]

< Ever heard of Andalites? >

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[bratworth]

No. Are they supposed to be some alien species?

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[whatsupcroc]

< Supposed to be? Hah! They are. Big fuzzy blue centaur aliens with four eyes and scythe tails! When they get the VR thing working again, I'll show you what I mean. >

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[bratworth]

[ Aliens just become stranger and stranger. ]

Are these Andalites here, or are these ... aliens that you encountered back home?

[ He's leaning into his netbook, still feeling foolish for talking aloud to a rabbit. ]

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[whatsupcroc]

< Back home, Big Guy! I've met some aliens here too, but none of them are familiar so far. You should be just about as glad as I am that's the case. Half of what's back home is downright nasty. >

[ The other half is political. Though the Hork Bajir were pretty all right.

All of them were exciting in their own way, and the possibilities out there in the universe... it was amazing! ]

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[bratworth]

[ What a strange world indeed. ]

So, what is this technology of theirs that you are supposedly using?

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[whatsupcroc]

< Past tense. There's a whole lot of technical details I'm not sure about. I could try and explain sometime, but riiiight now it might take too much time. >

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[bratworth]

[ They have time, he wants to say, but for now there's a more pressing matter on his mind. ]

Where are you hiding?

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[whatsupcroc]

[ She tilts her head at the camera. What did he mean by -- hiding? ]

< I'm on my kitchen table, silly! >

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[bratworth]

[ But that's where the rabbit is! ]

... A funny joke.

[ He doesn't sound amused. ]

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[whatsupcroc]

< You've been talking with a rabbit the last fifteen minutes, and now you call it a joke? Come on, Big Red. You totally know better than that! >

[ Collette sits back up, forpaws firmly on the table. She stares into the lens, turns her head to the side, and then does her best to give the impression that she's winking.

Half a witnessed blink is almost comparable! ]

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[bratworth]

[ Did that rabbit just... no. That's ridiculous. ]

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[bratworth]

[ He takes a moment to think on it... Eureka! ]

An elaborate prank, but the answer is really quite simple.

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[whatsupcroc]

< I'm all ears. >

[ That being said, both her ears swivel forward to focus on the speaker, which is down low on the keyboard of the netbook. ]

< What's the answer, oh wise one? >

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[bratworth]

You're simply hiding somewhere off-screen.

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[whatsupcroc]

< ... Hahahaha! Miles, don't quit your day-job! You are definitely not cut out to be a detective! >

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[bratworth]

[ rude. ]

It's simply the most logical explanation!

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[whatsupcroc]

< You could have taken me at my word, Big Red. >

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[bratworth]

Which is?

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[whatsupcroc]

< This is me! The rabbit. I'm the rabbit, and the rabbit is Collette. >

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[bratworth]

No.

[bratworth]

Collette, you are not a rabbit. [ He sure has forgotten everything about speaking quietly in all his incredulity. ]

[whatsupcroc]

< Miles Edgeworth, I do believe you're wrong. >

[ Rabbit ears are firmly plastered back against her back now. ]