Strip 302 -- First Seen: 2009-11-10
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The Transcript For This Page

Panel 1
Angle the shot so we see all three characters but focus on Ken Nightingale (from the front).

Ken: At least a plausible explanation.

Ken: As you know, music is one of the few universal elements in every civilization.

Panel 2
Medium shot of Ken.

Ken: There are no exceptions; every culture has music.

Ken: Oliver Sacks said it was wired into our brains.

Panel 3
Looking over Peña's shoulder at Ken.

Ken: Further, we are the only species that has or responds to music ...

Peña: Whales, birds …?


Panel 4
Medium shot of Ken sitting back in his chair bemusedly, we might also see Reggie in this shot, looking similarly bemused.

Ken: It takes more than a little special pleading to put animal signals on par with what we normally call music.

Ken: There are no 'whale songs' in the Top-40 and I doubt there ever will be.