Tagon: Listen to me very closely, Tem Phica. My escape system is telling me there's not enough bandwidth to carry you back as a prisoner.
Tagon: That leaves me two choices: first, I can kill you and take a reduced bounty.
Tagon: Second, I can allow you to arrange for transport for all of us, yourself included, outside of the teraport interdiction field.
Phica: You think me coward enough to fear death? You'll have to kill me, fool.
Tagon: Okay, Sparky. Let's see what's behind door number one.
SFX: BLAM
Phica: Aaaieee! I'm blind!!
Tagon: Hunh. Brain-pan must be behind your big mouth.
Phica: No, wait!! I'll...
SFX: BLAM
Tagon: Okay, I think I may be just cold-blooded enough for what comes next.
Narrator: No punchline? Now that is cold-blooded.