"Feel free to do so, it will not save you from the scalpels. I hear they have them extra-sharp this year." replies the officer, eliciting a polite laugh from his associate.

"Now, if you'll excuse me, some of us have lives to go back to."

He turns to leave once more, but a violent rumbling stops him in his tracks.

"Johnson, comm Main Office. I want to know what that disturbance was. Quickly, please, before I have to spend more time with these degenerates."