3.3 - Butterclaws

"In which Neal commits less-than-grand theft auto, Candice is dubiously helpful, and Loamy loses her cool."

Synopsis
Neal and Loamy are in Sector Alpha, at the brothel where Alison used to work. They remove a tire from an old car behind the brothel. Inside the tire is hidden a spare key. Candice makes herself known and has the heart-shaped box to which the key belongs. She says the money inside was already gone. When Neal asks if she knows where Alison is, she says Alison just took off one night and hasn't been seen since. She doesn't know if Alison is dead or alive, but says the city's Dead Disposal Drivers would know, as a lot of them were her clients and would recognize her corpse. When Loamy butts and asks Candice to tell them if she knows anything else, Candice calls her a rat. Loamy snaps, saying she is a MolePerson, and starts threatening Candice. Scared, Candice reveals that she heard about Alison going to Al's Bar and runs off. In the heart-shaped box Candice left behind, Neal finds all their old love notes and wonders why Alison didn't take them with her. Loamy suggests maybe she left them behind because they would be safer in the box, which Neal agrees with. They head to Al's Bar.

Cast

 * Narrator — Ansel Burch


 * Neal Henderson — Sebastian H. Orr
 * Loamy — Lisa Burton
 * Candice the aged Relations Technician — Ryan Schile