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8. In which Charles learns to appreciate beauty

8. In which Charles learns to appreciate beauty

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Who is Zee Captain? Let me tell you all about Captain.

...Where to begin?

  Well, this morning Captain discovered a pair of old Binoculars and dedicated the entire morning to the "FINE ART OF OGLING LADIES".

Finding non-expired, non-radioactive food? No! Ogling ladies for hours on end is definitely far more important an objective than survival!

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"SOON, MY PRECIOUS!"

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"SOON... WE WILL BE TOGETHER!"

Captain proclaimed at a distant billboard that precariously hung on a thousand-floor skyscraper tower.

"I’VE BEEN SEARCHING THE RUINS FOR SUPPLIES ALL FREAKING DAY AND… WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"

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I snarled at Captain, annoyed at the utter waste of time that was happening here.

As the answer to my inquiry, Captain handed me a moldy, plastic binder.

I opened it to discover...

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Where Captain keeps the antique typewriter that types only in fancy, squiggly capitals, I may never find out.

Unauthorized duplication: this narrative has been taken without consent. Report sightings.

"SIGH... ARE YOU STILL TALKING TO THAT BILLBOARD?"

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I decided to approach the situation with light sarcasm.

"SHUT UP!"

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Captain shushed me.

"I CAN'T HEAR WHAT SHE'S SAYING TO ME! IT COULD BE IMPORTANT!"

"THAT ISN'T EVEN A REAL HUMAN BEING, YOU KNOW. YOU'RE TALKING TO A DRAWING. SHE CAN'T ANSWER YOU!"

I mentioned, in an attempt to dislodge Captain from "THE FINE ART OF OGLING".

"HOOMAN ELEMENT, YOU SAY? HRMMMMM...

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...ZAT IS INDEED A DIS-PROPORTIONAL PICKLE REQUIRING RESOLUTIONS. SUCH IS TO BE PROCURED IMMEDIATELY!"

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Upon this, the BINOCULAR DEVICE turned slowly 180 degrees and rested pointing straight at me. I wondered how long Captain was going to stare at me like that, and whether this was, to either of us, an improvement over the previous situation.

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"M'YEES... THAT'LL DO..."

Was the last thing I heard before something like a sack of rock-hard potatoes hit me on the back of the head and all went dark.

...