[from the other side of the office] THUMP

…

Duane: is everybody still alive over there?

Brent: I’d expect to hear more screaming, if someone died.

Duane: But what if they died instantaneously?

Brent: I’d still expect the others, who find the body, to scream.

Brent: …unless, of course, it was premeditated.

Pat: Then we’d hear laughter.

[from the other side of the office] <laughter>

Pat: See?

Brent: I guess we better watch our backs.