Comic #6186: ichnospecies

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Panel 1: Character A: AH, WHAT LEFT THESE FOOTPRINTS?
Character B: A HUMAN. THEY ARE AN ICHNOSPECIES.

Panel 2: Character A: WHAT'S THAT?
Character B: A SPECIES FOR WHICH WE HAVE NO FOSSILS OR LIVING EXAMPLES, BUT WHICH WE KNOW EXISTED DUE TO EVIDENCE OF ITS WORK.

Panel 3: Character A: HUMANS CREATED PEOPLE-ATOMIZING WAR-MACHINES THAT CONTINUED UNTIL THERE WAS NO MORE WORK TO DO. NOW THEY HOVER AROUND OLD HUMAN HABITAT.
Character B: THAT'S WHAT THOSE LITTLE CRAB-LOOKING MACHINES ARE!

Panel 4: Character A: YEP. BUT HUMANS MADE IT A WHILE AND LEFT OTHER THINGS. LIKE AS NOT, THOSE FOOTPRINTS LEAD TO A PRIMITIVE SHELTER ON WHICH ARE DRAWN PICTURES OF THE BELOVED DEAD, OF LOCAL ANIMALS, AND PENIS AFTER PENIS AFTER PENIS.

Panel 5: Character B: FASCINATING.

Panel 6: Character A: ALSO PLASTIC MICROBEADS APPEAR TO BE UNIQUE TO THIS PLANET AND AN EMPTY OUTPOST ON MARS.
Character B: OH COME ON THAT'S GOTTA BE A COINCIDENCE.

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