this is an official government inquiry. what was that about oil
I dunno squeak was talking about harpoons so I was thinking about whale killing and oil but pretend-applied to the wonderful world of bloodsucking parasites that attach themselves to people's head
so then I was like what if you took the bloated carcass of a tick and boiled it down for oil
ignoring the fact that the bloated carcass of a tick is mostly bloated with, well, blood, and therefore probably not so hot as a source of greasy fuel
ticks are SO WEIRD man all hard from pressurized liquid-containment and polished to a gemlike sheen
it's like whoa what if you made a necklace out of those black and glittering bodies except, no, they must be killed and destroyed immediately, preferably with a satisfying pop, so that's out