Strip 600 -- First Seen: 2010-12-24
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The Transcript For This Page

Panel 1
At the cafe, Pablo claps his hands, applauding Merry.
Pablo: Congratulations again, Merry.
Pablo: I said we were pack animals, to a degree.
Pablo: Luckily, to a degree we are also not pack animals.

Panel 2
Medium close-up of Pablo, about to take a bite of pie.
Pablo: We have both drives within us.
Pablo: We all have to choose which road we will travel.

Panel 3
Two-shot of Merry and Pablo at the table. You can make this a silhouette shot if you like but leave room for the extra dialog.
Pablo: Each of us has these contradictory feelings within us – a desire to have power over others, or a desire not to.
Pablo: 'Good' people eschew power over others, most of the time. 'Bad' people tilt toward control – or submission to control – most of the time.

Panel 4
Medium shot of Merry, poking at her pie slice with her fork, glancing up towards Pablo.
Merry: So I guess that makes me a 'good guy.' I don't want to control anybody but myself.
Merry: But what about the boys?


Panel 5
Pablo is about to take a sip of his coffee.
Pablo: Back in the old USA, libertarians used to say, 'anyone who wants to be President is automatically disqualified.'
Pablo: And here you are to prove them wrong – the President who does not want the job.

Panel 6
Marry looks thoughtfully into her own coffee cup.
Merry: Okay, I get it. Lawrence and Kinko have … uh … 'adopted' me as their leader, as their Alpha.
Merry: Once their debts are paid, I'll 'manumit' them.
Pablo: You're not listening. These guys are comfortable as Betas.

Panel 7
Pablo looks levelly at Merry.
Pablo: You cut them loose, they'll just find another Alpha – maybe another Morris.
Pablo: If I were you I'd try to be a benevolent dictator and lead them down the path of righteousness … and hey, someday you may want to have somebody whacked.

Panel 8
Merry looks indignant. Pablo laughs.
Merry: Pablo!
Pablo: Geez, Merry, you really have to work on your sense of humor problem.