"Hello."
"Um. Hi. Um. I have never met an ant that could talk."
"I have never met a human that could talk."
"Oh. How strange."
"Yep, sure is."
It goes on chewing. You wonder if enough of the staircase is left for
you to climb it. You grab it by an antenna.
"Look here, bud. I need that staircase."
"Too bad."
You pry away the panel and find a dog-sized ant chewing away at the
staircase!