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Trithemius: I is not liking this man here, he is narrow minded, and mistrusting anyone who is
not dressing and speaking fancy as him! And for your information sir, destruction did happen
last June!

Harris: There was no apocalypse last June, was there?

Trithemius: It did happen, sir, but no one could see it. You see, it happened far, far away.

Morrison: (Dramatically) did it now? So why don't you go and warn the Martians about the
government that will destroy them? Why disturb us?

Trithemius: (Coldly) Aye, sir, I is learning from my mistakes. That’s why I am only warning
the area that is affected this time.

Morrison: Oh yes, this time, the catastrophe will happen deep into the future, right?

Trithemius: (actually laughing this time) No, sir, it will happen today! The minister has
organized it!

Harris: But how is that possible? I work in the Ministry’s Information Department, and I
assure you that the minister has no intentions of killing anyone!

Trithemius: But sir, the stars never lie! If the stars say that the ministry will conduct a mass
killings, mass killings will be done by none, but the ministry.

Morrison: Preposterous! I don't have time for this; I have a scientific conference to attend. I
don't need to hear some voodoo before the conference! Let’s go, Mr. Harris, the train will be
arriving soon.

Harris: But we can -

Morrison: (Cutting Harris short) you’ve just seen what an old fraud this man is, do you really
want to listen to him?

Trithemius: (To Harris) Aye sir, I understand your good intentions, but I am no fraud, and
your friend seems to disagree, I must leave in hopes that others shall heed my warnings!

(Trithemius gets up and leaves pompously)

(Station announcement: Train number 1046689 will be arriving on platform number 1. We
request everyone to wait behind the yellow line at the station.)

Harris: (Laughing) Quite a man, wasn’t he?

(The train arrives, and both get up to join a queue)

Morrison: Oh, tell me about it, he’s been here since forever, and he always destroys the
decorum of the place. He has even been caught -

Harris (Shocked, checking his pockets): Where is my wallet?

Morrison: Pickpocketing. It must be him. It’s too late now, the conference is important, and
we can’t miss it, we can catch him la-

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