"Do you think the cosmos offers a retirement plan?" asked the second star to the left, as it calculated its balance on a sliver of the Milky Way.

Siren: "Only if you invest wisely in black hole index funds. They really suck in the returns!"

Part One: Budgeting the Stars

In a world where nebulae billboards advertise galactic savings accounts, the overhead conversations of comets often reveal financial secrets untouched by the legendary sages of the Andromeda supermarket.

Twilight Banker: "Oh, please, just put your quarks into a diversified star cluster... less volatile than a supernova." Ah, such irony amidst the cosmic bureaucracy.

Part Two: Harmony in the Cosmos

When the planets align for a budget review, it’s said that even Saturn’s rings have been known to spin faster than light itself to escape the auditors.

Black Hole Auditor: "We've noticed inconsistencies in your gravitational pulls, Mars. Care to explain your interstellar deductions?"