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BARB

  It seems almost like a … person. I feel sorry for the thing.

  BILL

  Just because it talks doesn’t mean it’s a person. It’s a big, green insect – and one insect to make us incredibly rich and instantly famous.

  BARB

  But not if it dies.

  MARY

  Oh, what are you so worried about a bug for?

  BARB

  Because it talks!

  MARY

  So does a parrot but that doesn’t make it a person. A parrot is a bird – and that thing is a bug!

  BILL

  Mary’s right for once. It’s just a freak of nature – a big talking insect. And I’ll bet it doesn’t have any feelings or intelligence like we do. How could it?