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Andy: KIRB, WHAT HAPPENED?!?
SAKK: ARE YOU OKAY?!?
Aqua: WHERE ARE YOU?!?
Kirb: G-Guys- GUYS, chill!! I swear, I'm fine!!!
SAKK: Dude your house got BLOWN UP by a METEOR, why are we NOT gonna freak out???
Aqua: We thought you were DEAD, Kirb!!
Kirb: I'm sorry, I-
Andy: And where did you go?? You were AT HOME earlier, right??
Kirb: It-
Aqua: Is it because of Sburb??? Was your copy just- CURSED or something?!
Kirb: You-
Andy: Why were you being so vague the whole time??? Did- Did you KNOW this would happen?!
SAKK: Did you WANT it to!?!
Aqua: What about th-


Kirb: CAN YOU GIVE ME A SECOND TO SPEAK ALREADY?!
Kirb: You guys are hounding me with questions right out the gate, just- let me BREATHE so I can tell you!!

A beat passes. The air is still, save for Kirb's pulsing breaths.