[Charlie laughs a little.] Yeah, it sucked. My hearing was gone for a long time, too. Like a week, I think. I had to draw and play charades and shit to talk to anybody, which was kinda fun at first, but it got old really quick, y'know? Luckily Charles came and hung out with me, so I wasn't alone for most of it. That helped. [He shrugs. He's not sure what kind of terms Charles and Davesprite on are these days, and he doesn't really care either way, but Charles is a good friend. They like hardly even knew each other back then, too. A lot has happened.]

I hear ya though, man. It sounds like you were basically in the same boat, and like you said, the losing thing sucks. Some people have had some really bad ones, like Quark couldn't walk after he died and Cecil couldn't talk. I guess not talking wouldn'ta been too bad, but it meant a lot to him, so... Uh. Anyway, thanks.