"Mirth: a release of tension in response to a non-threatening surprise. Human percieves threat, threat fails to kill human, human laughs."
"Using the many meaty folds of my neural substrate I have improved upon this idea, as our species improves upon all things."
"Bring in the human!" bellowed Fornipiluax.
Guardiforms prodded the terrified human into the chamber with the sharp ends of gougublers.
"Prepare for death, human!"
Fornipiluax fired his decovalencizer. The human exploded into atomic dust.
"And now the punchline!"
The atomic dust spontaneously reassembled itself, and in an instant the human was returned to life. He screamed.
