Brainley is talking to Dobbsey in the lab.

Brainley: Argh! I can't believe this. The Dean is making me go through an annual performance review.

Dobbsey: Well, that doesn't sound so bad. You've had a pretty productive year.

Brainley: Yes, but why now? It seems like we just did this last year.

Dobbsey: I imagine that's why they call it an annual review.

Brainley: So you're saying I could get out of it if I changed the length of a year by altering the Earth's orbit.

Dobbsey: No, I'm saying...wait, could you actually do that?

Brainley: Maybe.