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Dr. Von Smith hesitated at first, but eventually bowed to reason.
Pressured by the Union of Mad Scientists Helpers (a novel agreement with the International Association of Helpers, Wizards and Thugs of Villains), he finally granted Igor all employee benefits provided by law.

After 57 years of uninterrupted service and full-time, as close a relationship that goes beyond the professional boundaries *, Igor earned vacation delayed, guarantee fund, pension plan, health care, dental coverage, wage hike on the 3rd and the 10th-corrected.

But what Igor really liked the new uniform was won.
With a wide, crooked smile on his face, he kept showing everybody:
- It braaanco, nooovo! Braaancooo!


* On several occasions Igor was an attentive listener and generous trustee of intimate matters of faith and Von Smith. Although we do not understand anything of what was happening.