A co-worker and I were discussing Lego, there being plenty of bricks of various colors and shapes scattered about within a few feet of where I sit at work. As such conversations do, it turned to custom Lego creations of the Star Wars variety, and then to B-wings.

“What an odd ship. Was that really in the movie?” (Him.)

“Yeah. Return of the Jedi, you see a couple of them flying in during the final attack on the Death Star.” (Me.)

“What a strange nonfunctional shape for a space ship. I wonder why they’re shaped like that?”

Beat.

“Um, okay, this is probably going to scare you, but I actually know the reason for that. See, they were built by a insect race.”

“Oh.”

“I know this because I remember from playing the original X-wing on the PC. It was in the manual.”

“Oh.”

“Um, I’ll go back to work now.”