LOSING SLEEP

“Danny.”

“Shane.”

“You sound paranoid.”

“You sound under prepared.”

“Crocodiles are crocodiles, Danny. If you want to see dinosaurs, there’s the internet or books. It’s incredible.”

“I’m trying to look out for you and your health by saying no.”

“They count.”

“Then you don’t have to worry. “

“Yet here I am, my incredibly worrisome self.”

“But. Do you?”

“Well... Technically no. But someone could be like... Someone could be in a building next to where I am and I’m not much of a risk taker.”

“Do you work with test tube dinosaurs?”

“I could. Easily."

“And where are these dinosaurs? Extinct, maybe?”

“Right, the air is contaminant free, definitely. Sure.”

“Crocodiles count. They basically haven’t evolved at all since the dinosaurs and that so basically they were already at their prime. They can’t be any more dangerous. Fuck crocodiles. They terrify me but damn I want to see a dinosaur that I think counts.”

He raises his eyebrows, “That much ’s bloody obvious, it is.”

“They don’t exactly have dinosaurs at the zoo, Danny. The closest relative to dinosaurs are birds, and you can just look outside for those.”

“Besides, you’re allergic to like… Everything.”

“And that, Shane, is where you are i-n-c-o-r-r-e-c-t. Incorrect.They have dinosaurs at the zoo.”

“But you need to work.”

“So did the workers in Jurassic Park, what happened to them when they went into work? Fucking killed, mate. Not gonna risk it.”

“What qualifies as a cool dinosaur? One that can eat you?”

“Every dinosaur is a cool dinosaur. Speaking of dinosaurs can we go to a zoo?”