"I'm from 1.0..." Aitch says, finger raised as Blue scampers off. Then he sighs and heads back to the dorm.

As the hamster continues, a gnoll peeks out of a bush, ducks back down, quickly tiptoes to another bush ahead of Blue, pours some hamster feed on the sidewalk and plants a sign in it --"Free Hamster Food"-- then ducks back into the bush.

The gnoll unrolls a large blueprint, which shows him catching a hamster, then dangling the hamster on a fishing line over an aaracokra in a baseball cap, then finally, the aaracokra on a spit.

The gnoll scratches his head, then produces another blueprint, showing a picture of a hamster with a cutaway showing dynamite inside it, then an image of him serving the hamster on a tray to the aaracokra, then the aaracokra exploding. He smiles and nods excitedly, as if anticipating Blue's approval.

Acme blinks toward a non-existent camera as Blue scampers off. An anvil falls on his head.

"Existential crisis?" says someone Blue has never met before because I don't think iconic rogue Kerwyn has had even a post of on-screen time in two campaigns. "It goes deep, buddy. Like, way deeper than the school admin."

"Exactly my point, friend," Kerwyn says. "It's like somebody has a big shiny red 'reboot' button and isn't afraid to use it. And if it happens again, hey. Who gets set to zero, who gets changed around, and who just --poof-- goes away?"