man i sure wish this would work

2025 edit: what?? what would work?? what was i talking about.

transcript:
panel 1: The basbeo looks away. Baby flies off his head. He looks at his hand with feigned indifference. The basbeo: "No, you didn't." He looks at Hana. The basbeo: "Don't have one to give you."
panel 2: Hana looks up at the basbeo quizzically. He frowns. Hana: "Not even one you gave yourself?" He tilts his head. Hana: "What do people call you then?"
panel 3: The basbeo looks ahead, flatly responding: "They call me a BasBeo. That's what I am." Hana catches Baby and replies: "'Living death'?"
panel 4: He looks to the basbeo with concern. Hana: "Is that an inside joke? Like... A nick-name? It's not very nice..."
panel 5: The basbeo still doesn't look at Hana, just looking forward. The basbeo: "It's a category, not a name. Doesn't have to be nice."
panel 6: The basbeo looks ahead, expressionless. The basbeo: "I used to have a name. Now I don't. End of story."