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[Z and Bala sit with some other bugs around a campfire in Insectopia]

Ladybug:
[tasting a brown lump] This stuff tastes like crap.

Fly:
Really? Let me try some. [tastes it] Hey, it is crap! Not bad. [continues eating] Somebody needs to feed that fire.

Mosquito:
Dude, I did it last time.

Fly:
Well, I'm not gonna get it. It's not my job.

Ladybug:
What about the new guy? He hasn't contributed yet.

[They observe Z and Bala talking by themselves]

Z:
[about Barbatus] And... you know, he just died in my arms like that. I... You know, I don't think he ever once, in his life, made his own choice.

Bala:
[moved and saddened] I never knew it was like that. I mean, up in the palace... Well, I guess we just let the General make all the decisions.

Z:
Let me ask you something - what made you come to the bar that night?

Bala :
I guess I was looking for a little trouble.

Z:
Well, trouble's my middle name. Actually, my middle name is Marion, but, uh, I don't want you spreading that around.

Bala:
[chuckles] You're pretty strange. You do know that, don't you?

Z:
Well, [clears throat] "strange" is... not exactly the word I would use, you know--

Bala:
[smiling] I like it. You're not like anyone else.

Z:
[stammering] Actually, now that you mention it, I... there is a certain strangeness to me. I mean, it's a... you know, kind of a bizarre quality. Some have said "freak". But it's, uh, you know, complimentary.

[Bala keeps smiling, leaning towards him, and they are about to kiss]

Fly:
Hey, new guy! We need more wood.

[Bala shrugs disappointedly]

Z:
I'll be right back. Just hold that thought - whatever... whatever it is you were thinking. [to the other bugs, as he leaves] Hey, you ever wonder why they call you guys "pests"?

Mosquito:
What if, like, we're just these tiny things, and we're just, like, part of this whole other huge universe that's, like, so big we don't even know it exists?

Ladybug:
[chuckles] Man, that is so deep.