Cockroach Motherfuckers
"they say roaches could survive a nuclear meltdown." the roach blinked. "what does 'nuclear' mean?" jackie couldn't possibly have been serious.
Conveyor Belt
The roach nodded. "was was it like?" "not the worst, honestly." "do you miss it?" jackie frowned. fran hadn't meant to put her on the spot. "hold on." the roach held up a fingeras she pulled her communicator out of her bag after all.
A Man To Fish
The roached gasped. "i can't afford that!" dex wasn't used to thinking in those terms as much as jackie was. "it's fine. she'll do it for me, she owes me." the roach tilted her head disbelievingly. "you'd... you'd do that for me?"
Off Limits
"i'll take that," the duck said, making sure to take the roach's carving knife away from her to hold it against her throat.
The Spirit of the Law
"so now," the roach picked up, "we don't have robots, we have partners.
Scorched Earth
Pangaea grabbed jackie's wrist with one hand as the roach's knitting needle pierced the panda's other arm, throwing jackie away with one hand then pulling off her own pierced skin with it. the roach gasped. pangaea removed all her skin.
Spaced Out
"you'll keep both in your field of vision when you get used to it," the roach hoped out loud. "you can just glance at it every five, ten seconds like this for now, though."
Phone Home
At the time, the roach wondered why fran had seemed so affected by what had just happened.
Yet So Far Away
The roach looked down. "i was just slowing you down." macha was surprised that jackie didn't deny that she'd really cared, as the roach had done many times before that.
Crosswinds
"for well over a hundred years, kiwi," the roach reminded the bird. 'i'm not!' kiwi was speaking to byte, not to jackie that time, but the jackal heard that too.
Let Them Eat Cake
The roach nodded meekly. "what made you do it?" jackie sighed. "it was their faces." the jackal raised an eyebrow. "the people you brought it to, you mean?" "yes," the roach confirmed, solemn.
By A Thousand Cuts
The roach tilted her head. "i dunno," fran shrugged. "got careless?" jackie furrowed her brow. "weren't you on earth?" "no, i've only been alive for a couple of decades," the jackal reminded her. "whoa!" the roach's jaw dropped.