White. We have already established the whiteness of Leer's hair. But let's take a moment to examine the whiteness of Leer's face. and Blue's for that matter. First, we must take a step backward. Or, rather, sidewards, which is exactly what Leer did at precisely the right moment because that is exactly what Blue did, making it absolutely essential that Leer did the same. Leer performed the action with a grace that can only be described as thoroughly graceful. If he had done it any other way he would have ended up dead.
"You look positively dead!", Blue laughed,"white as a ghost".
"So do you," replied Leer as both men disembarked the star cruiser, gracefully, nonchalantly sidestepping their way off the ship and onto the "deck" which was still the remnant of Blue's house, as the the cruiser continued its journey at the speed of light without so much as slowing down even just a little to let them off."Happens every time", continued Leer unfazed by the abrupt exit. "The color will come back in no time. Seen enough?"
"No", Blue quietly responded,"just enough for now." As he said this he reached up his hand. Blue was quickly ripped off the platform by a goozlesnorp, a surprisingly majestic birdfishlady, whose body was part woman, part fish, and, yes, part bird. As she pulled him from the platform, Blue reached down with his other hand and snatched Leer by the back of his shirt, at once lifting him from the platform and swinging him up onto the back of the goozlesnorp which flew synchronously to the will of Blue who was catapulted by the combined motion of Leer and the flight path of the goozlesnorp directly onto her back. The birdfishlady, Leer and Blue relaxed into one being, gliding upon the air high amongst the clouds.
Neither Blue nor Leer could tell you precisely how long it took to lose all sense of time, motion, thought, physical existence or feeling. What they could tell you is that time seemed endless. Well, endless aside from one fact. It was over within the blink of an eye.
When asked about this very moment at a moment some considerable time later, or perhaps before, during the third TOIS (Tribunal of Intergalactic Shit), both men testified in exactly the same manner "I closed my eyes, no, actually, I blinked, yes, I blinked, and when I opened my eyes..."
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