"Oh dear," Palug sighed. "You humans just have to know don't you." He redoubled his efforts, purring and rubbing his whole body around her legs, all the while grumbling silently. "Oh wow, look at me, ma, I can walk on two legs. Hey hun, these opposable thumbs come in real handy for holding rocks to bash peoples brains out. And now you're banging the basic building blocks of the universe together waiting for the boom and when it happens and the dust dies away the first thing we'll hear is a voice saying 'cool, does it do that every time?"