After the boars were tied up (the gang didn’t know if they could trust them), they recounted their tale.

“We used to live in Pig City with the rest of the pigs, you see. There were quite a lot of us back then. But then the pigs started getting meaner and meaner to us until they just recently kicked us all out of their city. In the harsh conditions of the rest of the planet, most of us died. We started living underground. Since you guys have a ship, would you be able to escort us off of the planet? Pretty please? We’ll give you something special in return.”

“And what might that special thing be??” asked Hoofa.

“It’s something we found deep underground,” explained the boar. “It’s a gem, but it’s magic or something.”

“Magic in what way??” asked Mushpuff.

“It lets you shoot fire and stuff,” said the boar.

“BIRD!!” yelled Mushpuff, causing Bird to run into the room.

“Yo?”

“CHECK THE MAP!!”

Bird produced the map that led them to Pig Planet in the first place.

“Does it say anything about what the artifact might be?”

“Uh…” said Bird, scouring the map. “No.”

“Well then show us this gem thingy, boars!” said Mushpuff.

“Oh yeah, why are those boars here?” asked Bird.

“It’s a long, sad tale of the treachery of the pigs.”

“Very depressing,” added Hoofa.

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At just that very moment, Klumpkrump walked out with Snorter by her side.

“They’ve got some very advanced medical equipment,” said Klumpkrump, showing off Snorter’s new eyepatch. “It really didn’t require any knowledge at all!”

“Did you do something to my eye or are those boars?” asked Snorter, looking at the boars who were tied up in the corner of the room.

The three boars gasped. Snorter gasped. Klumpkrump gasped. Plagiarize and Mushpuff and Bird gasped. Qaeron screamed as he fell flat on his face after falling over due to the fact that he was doing a handstand in the corner of the room.

“You!” yelled boar.

“ME!” yelled Snorter.

“You’re a pig!” yelled another boar.

“How dare you,” said Snorter, who was SHOCKED.

“But you are!”

“Oh. Well so what? You’re a BOAR. We kicked you out for a reason.”

“You did??” asked Mushpuff.

“Uh oh,” said one of the boars. “We didn’t expect a pig to be here.”

“Snorter! Why did the pigs kick the boars out??” asked Hoofa.

“Over the course of the many years the boars were here,” began Snorter, “they constantly committed crimes. 99% of crimes committed in the city were from boars. No matter what laws we put in place, they wouldn’t stop. So we exiled them. They’re too violent.”

“Uh… that’s just propaganda!” said the boar.

“Oh really? And how do you know that?” asked Snorter.

“Because it’s written on that poster,” said the boar, pointing behind Snorter.

Snorter turned around and looked at the poster. It showed a pig giving a thumbs up with the caption: “Message for government officials: always spread the lie that the reason boars got kicked out is because they committed 99% of all crimes in Pig City (it’s propaganda and has nothing to do with the actual reason) (also make sure NOT to hang this poster in any public space, such as the wall of a hospital waiting room)”.

“Oh,” said Snorter. “Then what’s the real reason you guys were kicked out?”

“The pig government never told us,” said boar. “But now we probably will never know because they are literally all dead.”

“Lol!” said Klumpkrump. “Anyways show us your magic gem.”