. . . "They are in his laboratory, which is filled with such things as creatures in formaldehyde, an aquarium, toy dinosaurs, and a bed, since his funding grant didn't provide for housing.Jules is convinced by his research, observing very nervous fish, that the world is about to come to an end very soon, specifically by a comet striking it. (do not ask.) He knows all about dismal ends, one sister having b" .