Pardon me, do you have the rule?

A comic strip titled "WONDERMARK by David Malki!" featuring five panels. In the first panel, a dodo bird asks a seated man, "Pardon me, do you have the time?" The man responds, "Yes, it's—". In the second panel, the dodo exclaims, "You have the time!" The third panel shows multiple dodos excitedly saying, "He has the time," "The time! He has it!" and "At long last! Our desperate search is at an end! The time has been found!" The fourth panel has the dodos whispering, "PSSHHWSSSPTT SSHSSHPSSSTT." In the fifth panel, the man finally says, "It's nine fifteen," and the dodos shout, "AAAAAHHH NOW WE HAVE THE TIME." The comic's footer reads, "the big hand is on WONDERMARK.COM."