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[hombrenuevo]

I can't believe this! Audio and video in one small device! This is so much better than our radios back home!

[ This kid is definitely excited over his new toy; it makes his Nicaraguan accent a little more pronounced. He's chipper despite the rough shape his face is in. Looks like someone clocked him across the forehead real good. ]

So this really is America? I have always wanted to come to the country where the infamous Big Foot lives! [ He looks around the sunny neighborhoods of Heropa. ] You know, it's a lot warmer than I imagined... Humid, too. Not as hot as Costa Rica, though. But you don't even have a rain forest! Where does it all come from?

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[hombrenuevo]

That's a shame. But you know Bigfoot, right? He's a cryptid! Or the Loch Ness monster. It's a classification for strange animals.

[aboveand]

You mean like the hoax monsters?

[hombrenuevo]

....... I don't know about hoaxes, but I've no doubt the legend of Bigfoot is real!

[aboveand]

You seem really sure about that.

[hombrenuevo]

Yeah, well, these stories don't come from nowhere. There's truth behind the myths.

[aboveand]

True, but sometimes they aren't always as cool as the myths lead you to believe.

[hombrenuevo]

That's okay! I want the truth! And the truth is, Bigfoot is definitely real.

[aboveand]

[Okay Terry sees a losing argument when he sees one. He gives a slight sigh.]

Well if that's the case you're on the wrong coast. Aren't bigfeet a west coast thing?

[hombrenuevo]

More like a midwestern thing. But I'm not exactly prepared for an expedition just yet! That costs money and equipment—Things I don't have yet. But I will!

[aboveand]

Well this place is kind enough to give you a job when you get here, if you want to take it. That might go a long way to fund your vacation.

What'd they give you?

[hombrenuevo]

It's not a vacation, it's an expedition! It's important scientific research!

[ Get it together here, Terry! ]

I'm a research assistant for a show about nuclear arms and... cockroaches.

[ He's not sure yet why the two go together. ]

[aboveand]

Oh, right. Of course. My bad.

[Mmmmhmmmm..... if you say so.]

So about how the cockroaches will be the only things left after nuclear armageddon?

[Hey look, the one class he didn't sleep through!]

[hombrenuevo]

I guess so. I wonder if they will mutate into huge monsters!

[aboveand]

They already are monsters.

Also, let's not wish them any bigger than they already are.

[Ugh, cockroaches.]

[hombrenuevo]

[ Chico laughs. ] True! You should see how big they get in the jungles of Costa Rica. I could put a saddle on one and ride it around!

[aboveand]

I think I can live without seeing that ever. I will somehow just have to take your word for it.

[hombrenuevo]

Are you sure? You're definitely missing out. I bet you could teach them tricks! Their brains have to be bigger than the average cockroach, too, no?

[aboveand]

[Terry turns the camera so Chico can see the giant black great dane sleeping at his feet.]

Yeah, thanks, but I've kind of already got a flying dog, and that beats cockroach anything any day.

[hombrenuevo]

Seriously?

[aboveand]

[Terry whistles and tosses a ball high in the air. Ace jumps up into the air and grabs it when it's still almost at the ceiling.]

[hombrenuevo]

What? How did you...? How can it fly?

[aboveand]

[Ace lazily flies in a loop above Terry's head.]

No idea. He just does, so long as I'm close enough.