Strip 515 -- First Seen: 2010-08-27
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Medium shot of the Mass Driver. No longer tumbling. The intake funnel is gone now, and Ernie is perched in the intake opening, looking for the world like a tourist relaxing on a chaise lounge at a hotel pool-side.
 
Ernie: Well, you took your sweet time rescuing me.
 
Panel 2
Swing view around so we're looking past Ernie at Little Toot, about 50 meters away and slowly angling towards Ernie from the right. We can see Bert's un-helmeted head through a viewport near the front of the craft.

Bert: Well, after I retook Little Toot, the four of us decided to play some poker.

Panel 3
Medium close-up of Bert, smiling sweetly as he looks out the port towards Ernie.

Bert: Hey, I won over three and a half grams.
Bert: Then there was a Casablanca rerun on the Tanglenet, and ...
Panel 4
Medium shot of Ernie, bracing his arms against the sides of the Mass Driver intake opening, looking a bit irritated.

Ernie: Ha ha, Bert. Have your little laugh.
Ernie: You're just pissed 'cause I outsmarted you.

Looking past Ernie at Little Toot, now about 10 meters away and at station-keeping with the mass driver. She is oriented facing leftward, and the airlock hatch on the side facing Ernie is open.
 
Bert: No, you out-connived me. It's clear where your kid got her genes.
Bert: Anyway, I've opened the port hatch. Get on board.
 
Panel 6
Medium close-up of Ernie, bracing himself in the intake opening, looking a bit nervous.
                       
Ernie: Uh, Bert, can you get a bit closer? You're like, 10 meters away.
 
Panel 7
Medium close-up of Bert, grinning an evil grin.       
Bert: Jump, smart boy.