...So, since we got nothing but time to kill, I guess, [ she taps her fingers lightly against the other arm, thoughtfully, sending a brief bob of her head in the direction of the creeping darkness which is kind of the only foreseeable thing to dwell on here besides small talk, ] gotta ask.

Why don't you just... quit? Or kill them? Or both! You could do one before the other. Both is a TOTALLY valid option, seeing as how they can't fire you if they're dead. ...Can they?

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Nope, dead as a doornail-doornails can't fire you.