#493: Actuarial explain

[Cueball, seated at a computer terminal, facing to the left.]

Cueball: I know you shouldn’t feed the trolls, but sometimes they just provoke me to where I can’t help replying.

[Black Hat, seated in an armchair reading a book, facing to the right]

Black Hat: Yeah, me too. Yesterday this guy kept spamming “First!”, so I got a set of actuarial tables and spent twenty minutes telling him when all his childhood heroes would likely die.

[Cueball turns around in his chair.]

Cueball: …

[Black Hat, still reading his book.]

Cueball (off-screen): Remind me never to upset you, ever.

Black Hat: 2038: Last of the original Star Wars cast dies.

Cueball (off-screen): Augh!