Plocrates, my good friend.

Your voice shatters the silence.

What silence? There are the sounds of mindless chatter and the bus engine.

Quite, but I had learned to not listen to them.

But what of the car honkings and the ambulance sirenings?

I was still at work on those sounds when you added another sound to the list that I must learn to ignore. Speaking of which, what did you want?

I want to ask you a question.

Do I have the option of refusing to allow you to ask?

No.

Then do ask a question, so that I may answer it quickly and return to ignoring the noises of this noisy, noisy world.

Well you don't have to be angry about it.

Ask your damn question!

What do you think the ideal state is?

Intoxicated.

No, I mean, what philosophy makes the ideal governing body and society?

I'd have to say that intoxication is still a good answer.

Be serious for once.

Well, let me ask you something Sockto. What society, in your mind, makes the ideal?

One where neighbors are friendly, crime doesn't happen, and nobody lives in poverty.

So you desire a society where everyone has strived to an ideal?

Yeah.

Now what would you say if I told you that my ideal is lying on the front lawn, intoxicated, and wearing little clothing, if any at all?

What is with you and intoxication?

Beats talking philosophy.

I'd have to say that you'd have no place in my society.

Ah, so you would forcefully remove me from your society?

No, just that we would need a few laws to stop your behavior.

So, already we've determined that we don't have a perfect society.

How do you figure?

By making laws, you turn behavior into crime. And I recall you saying that your ideal state doesn't have any crime.

Hey... You... Thats not...

Point to me, laughs at Sockto. I'm going back to spacing out.

Tony, what say you on the subject of a perfect state?

My girlfriend is a vampire. She bit me, so I must be one too.

Interesting, but I was talking about government.

Umm... My friend billy knows a lot about this stuff.

Right... But I'm asking you.

What, about the government?

Yeah.

I don't like them, they keep giving me tickets. And then I have to pay those tickets with the money I get from social security, and that means less stuff I can buy for my girlfriend.

Plocrates, what did he just say?

That he dislikes law, wants a public entitlement, and desires to please his loved ones... vampires.

Yeah.

I see, but what about the consequences of --

Our stop, let's go.