NARRATOR: Elsewhere...
ARCHIE: Many civilizations have taken this path, Petey. All of them died out.
PETEY: Your records indicate that they all died out in different ways.
ARCHIE: You smile at the variety of inevitable dooms?
PETEY: If there's more than one way to fail, there's at least one way to succeed.
ARCHIE: That is not a natural law.
PETEY: It's held up pretty well for me so far.