Captain Baudin has eaten the last of the prawn chips.
He can no longer drown out the crackle crackle.
You do have a message, says Gaius. Why not answer it?
Maybe he needs to go under a rock, says Roo-kai.
It will just be Du Fresne, says Baudin.
With news of the Tzeets, says Gaius.
Possibly, says Baudin. All right, I will answer.
He skitters away round the corner.
Must be some kind of secret device he's got, says Roo-kai.
Indeed. says Gaius. Perhaps it's embedded.
What's embedded? asks Terence.
Inside his head or his body, says Gaius..
Like the prawn chips, says Terence.
Not like the prawn chips, says Gaius. The prawn chips will make their way through him.
Won't the message go through him? asks Terence.
You are confusing the medium with the message, says Gaius.
What's a medium? says Terence. Wait! Don't tell me. I know.
I don't think you do, says Gaius. It means a means of communication
Ha ha, laughs Terence. It means a means!
A means of...., begins Gaius.
But Baudin has returned.
I knew it, says Baudin. Du Fresne has gone off on a tangent.
Dear me, says Gaius. What does that mean?
It means a means, says Terence.
I mean in terms of the Tzeets, says Gaius.
He has gone on the Needwonnee Walk, says Baudin.
With the Tzeets? asks Gaius.
No such luck, says Baudin. The Tzeets are not with him.
Did he describe the walk? asks Gaius. Perhaps it's of interest per se.
What's persay? asks Terence.
In itself, says Gaius.
Like everything, says Terence.
Exactly, says Gaius.
Except the for the prawn chips, says Terence. They're in Captain Baudin.
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