Meanwhile in the reptile design office in the planet construction halls of Magrethea... >Credit to John Fennimore of BBC Radio 4 Down the corridor from Slartibartfarst and his fjord design office, in the planet construction halls, another magrethean is called in to see his supervisor. ""You wanted to see me sir"" ""Ah, Zebon sit down,"" The supervisor said pointing to chair, ""I'm loving your work on the reptiles for Earth 2.0 the gecko is top notch, walks up walls!, and the chameleon is master stroke."" ""I can sense a but' sir"" ""Well see it's the snake"" ""what about it?"" ""Are we putting you under too much pressure?"" ""no sir"" ""Then this design, it lacks the effort of your normal work"" ""I'm quite proud of it sir"" ""well it's just...just a tube really Zebon"" ""I would call it sleek"" ""and your happy with that? how will it move?"" ""Slither sir"" ""Couldn't you give it legs"" ""It doesn't need legs; it is perfect design sir"" ""Well Zebon that is bothersome, you see back in my day in the office I invented legs and think they are perfect for the job of locomotion"" ""true sir, they are but we have kind of been using them a lot recently"" ""Still I think the snake would be better with at least one or two legs"" ""Why sir"" ""It's just well CREEPY!"" ""The snake is not creepy sir"" ""yes it is creepy Zebon, I'm sure legs would make it less creepy...Yes legs make it a lot less creepy"" ""What sir, like the spiders?"" ""Ok I admit I made a mistake with the spiders... too many legs, but it was an experiment"" ""and the centipede"" ""You know well Zebon I was drunk that day. I still think the snake would be less creepy with a couple of legs"" ""Please sir just try it"" ""Zebon you're a good designer and the reptiles are your design, I will trust your judgement this once, we will do the snake your way, but please consider legs next time. Now get out of here before I change my mind...I still thinks its Creepy"" The supervisor shudders. Zebon gets up to leave thanking the supervisor for his chance to prove himself and the supervisor goes back to reviewing the papers on his desk. Then a thought strikes him as Zebon footsteps are echoing down the corridor. ""JUST FOR GODS SAKE DON'T GIVE IT TEETH!""