Cold Open

[Solemn Brigham, Samples, & Mole Man]
It all started long ago because the people of the surface world mocked me
When you've got something to say, start at the beginning, okay
You can become my partner
Your- your partner?
Good-lookin' guy, well-dressed
Duck your head, Marlowe
Come in, come in
Nah, nah, nah business hours been 9 to 5 since dawn of time
But he refused to see me
Yeah, ask ya mama 'bout it
Hey, are we alone or am I hearing things?
What things? Like someone else is walking with us
We got the seventeenth wonder of the world right here
We got the nineteenth wonder too, hell
There's three blocks of people walkin' on the street
I must have a partner, I can do so much
There's something strange about him
Strange isn't the word for it
Finally, I could stand it no longer
I decided to strike out alone
To search for a new world, the legendary land at the center of the Earth