Before we had names Fire. Food. Water. Move. Hot! Too hot! Back! BACK! Grab a branch. Watch the flame. Keep the little ones away. Who took mine? Mine? Mine. Mine. Mine. One finds food. Two stand guard. Three come back with someone else's arm. We learned to run before we learned to stay. Learned which berries make the children shit all day. We found a cave. We found a flame. We found out nothing stays the same. Someone sleeps. Someone watches. Someone's eating all the sausages. WHAT SAUSAGES? There are no sausages. Keep the fire. Share the meat. Count the heads before you sleep. Keep the fire. Guard the gate. You lot hunt. I'll delegate. ...What? WHO MADE YOU BOSS? WHO MADE YOU BOSS? HUNGRY! TIRED! COLD! I HAVE A PLAN! WE HAVE A ROCK! First came the fire. Then came the rules. Don't touch that. Don't eat those. Don't piss where we sleep. Then came the man who stood by the fire and explained why nobody else could stand by the fire. He'd found a bigger stick. Left foot. Right foot. Carry the wood. Do what you're told. For the common good. Left foot. Right foot. Look alive. Nobody asked who keeps the hide. WHO KEEPS THE HIDE? WHO KEEPS THE HIDE? I do! WHY? Because I said so. HUNGRY! TIRED! COLD! SOMEONE'S IN CHARGE! WHY HIM? WHY HIM? WHY HIM? I HAVE A BIGGER STICK! We made it through the winter. Most of us. Where's the food? Ask the man with the stick. We know the fire. We know the hunt. We know who's useful. We know who's not. We know the cave. We know the cold. We know who gets what we've got. Keep the fire. Guard the gate. Follow the plan. Don't be late. BEFORE WE HAD NAMES! WE HAD PROBLEMS! BEFORE WE HAD LAWS! WE HAD PROBLEMS! BEFORE WE HAD KINGS! WE HAD PROBLEMS! NOW WE HAVE... A manager.
