[ TT ] `` Best bounty hunter in the universe ? Well , then you want them , '' said the man , pointing down the bar to where a little girl and her robot were playing chess .

Zigo Farstar squinted at the girl and the tiny robot, playing chess in the corner. 
 
 He blinked blearily, trying to clear his head. He'd just planned on shooting the shit in the bar on this lazy, perfect Sunday, talking about his latest successful capture. Donny'Moonblast' Barrow, solely responsible for the destruction of the Milky Way *and* Andromeda galaxies. Successfully delivered him on a platter to the Intergalactic Court, though he'd fantasised about killing the guy himself for what he'd done to Earth. Granted, most humans had long since scattered across the universe and were far away when the Earth blew up. But still. 
 
 He'd been thinking of taking it easy since he'd handed Donny over, thanks to the mountain of gold they'd shoved his way. Relax for as few months, before working again. And now this guy was telling him he was in a room with someone worse? The bar was completely empty, except for him, the girl and the robot. Had everyone else cleared out because there were a pair of killers here, or something, and he just did n't know it? But no, that was stupid. 
 
 `` Thas' just a lil' human girl,'' Zigo burped, gulping down his wine. A vintage, preserved from the days when Earth was still up and running. Delicious. `` Be sherious, Marco.'' 
 
 `` I am,'' Marco said. `` Get a bit closer and observe, you'll see what I mean. Biggest pair of fugitives in the universe, trust me.'' 
 
 Zigo heaved himself up and staggered over towards where the girl sat. Her clear little voice rang through the bar. 
 
 `` Check mate, dad,'' she was saying. `` I win! I get to pick which planet we visit next. Haha!'' 
 
 The robot's eyes blinked red. It made angry noises and upended the board. 
 
 `` Oh, do n't sulk,'' she said. `` It's one of your worst traits.'' 
 
 `` Thas' your dad?'' Zigo cackled, spilling his wine as he laughed until he cried. `` Good Lord, who's your mother, girl?'' 
 
 The girl looked him up and down, wrinkling her nose at the fumes that wafted off the bounty hunter. 
 
 `` Sure he's my dad. He made me. He made you, too. He made everything. He made all the worlds, including that little marble you once called home. He's God, so show a little respect,'' she said, reassembling the board as the robot turned its little red eyes on Zigo. 
 
 The barman called from across the room. `` Told you they were fugitives, Zigo! Everyone in the universe is looking for those two.'' 
 
 He chuckled at his own joke. 
 
 Zigo's head felt fuzzy but he attempted a response anyway. `` Right. God ish a robot.'' 
 
 The girl shrugged. `` Well, we can change our appearance to whatever we like. And nobody ever expects us to look like this. So no-one bothers us, silly! Except for you, right now. You're bothering me.'' 
 
 `` And you are...?'' Zigo asked. 
 
 The little girl turned her eyes on him. They were a translucent, rather eerie shade of grey verging on white. She blinked, and looked at his wine. 
 
 Zigo gaped at the girl in outrage when he saw the contents of his glass. `` Hey, that was expensive wine, you little shit! I did n't pay a bag of gold for some lousy fuckin' water!'' 
 
 The robot pointed a digit at him, and Zigo exploded in a messy burst of organs and blood. The barman gagged and shuddered as he dusted off a finger that had landed in his hair. The girl frowned at him. 
 
 `` Serves you right, Marco, telling him to approach us! Letting him into the bar in the first place. You *know* it's ours on our day off.'' 
 
 The girl then sighed and shook her head at the robot. `` You and your temper. He was rude, but was that really necessary? Mercy, dad, I keep telling you. We've talked about this! Mercy is important.'' 
 
 The little robot hung its head and made a sad beeping noise. 
 
 `` It's alright, we'll keep working on that,'' she said. `` Look, I'm sorry I yelled at you. Tell you what, we'll have a do-over. New game?'' 
 
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