Gaspar: Wait, I still don’t get it. Where does the water come from, again?
Belthasar: Oh, natural springs, underground rivers, subterranean aquifers, summer snowmelt…all the usual stuff.
Gapsar: But… But…
Belthasar: Yes?
Gaspar: All this water spills right off the island.
Belthasar: Aye!
Gaspar: It doesn’t come back.
Belthasar: Nope!
Gaspar: And we’re always higher up than the rain clouds.
Belthasar: Your point being?
Gaspar: If it never rains or snows…and the water that spills off the island never comes back…then…then…where does all this blooming water come from?!
Belthasar: There, there. Take it easy now. Don’t try to understand it. I sure don’t pretend to know how you make that Time Egg shit work.
Gaspar: Well, it’s pretty easy. I just—
[Enter Guru of Life, Masa, Mune, ???]
Melchior: Sup, yo! I fell asleep this afternoon and dreamed up some new friends. Here, I call this one Masa…
Masa: ‘Lo!
Melchior: …this one Mune…
Mune: Word!
Melchior: …and this last one I don’t have a name for yet, but I’m sure it’ll be a real good one, once I think of it.
Belthasar: You dreamed those things up?
Melchior: Yeah!
Gaspar: That’s disgusting! What kind of sick person would—hey! Don’t touch me!
Mune: Sorry.
Gaspar: What kind of sick person would be that narcissistic?
Belthasar: It’s like you’re building little copies of yourself…
Melchior: Hey, now. [To Gaspar] You’ve got your Time Egg. Never mind that it doesn’t work; did I laugh? [To Belthasar] And let’s not forget about your little Unsinkable Floating Palace, Beltty.
Belthasar: I am so gonna recycle that shit! Just you wait! I’ll find a way.
Melchior: My point is that you guys have your hobbies, and I have mine. So how about a little peace on Earth and goodwill toward men, eh?
Gaspar: Pshaw, that’s old-style. Get with the times.
Belthasar: Yeah, what do you think this is? 65 million B.C.?
Gaspar & Belthasar: Ah ha ha ha hah!
Melchior: But—
Gaspar & Belthasar: Ah ha ha ha hah!
Melchior: Humph! Fine. Come, Masa! Come, Mune! Let’s leave these Jealous Joes to prattle on in peace. I’m going to go find a bottle of ether, get mad wasted, and we’ll see what happens next. [Exit]
Mune: Whoosh! [Exit]
Masa: You can be so cruel sometimes… [Exit]
???: I don’t have a name! [Exit]
Gaspar: Sometimes I worry about that guy.
Belthasar: Yeah…he creeps me out.
Gaspar: So, you were telling me about what you did with the Queen and Princess Schala last night?
Belthasar: I was telling you about the water.
Gaspar: Rats! [Switches off secret tape recorder] I don’t think I’m interested in hearing about it anymore. Bye! [Exit]
Belthasar: …