Awwww, I loved this! Both the story and the drawing! They are so perfect for each other, aren't they?

"Oh, yes, the cool stuff, like cleaning up after explosions, or comforting people who are crying, or meddling with control panels underwater, or in outer space, or with shots flying," he illustrated with frantic hand motions, "or debugging your code." He shuddered.

That made me laugh out loud. Because of course, debugging Rodney's code would be the worst of all those things. (And as a programmer, I can really sympathize. ;)