Sunday November 8, 2009
Book 11: Massively Parallel — Part III: Credomar Command

Transcript

NARRATOR: Meawhile...

EBBIRNOTH: ... With no FAILSAFE!  You could have killed somebody, Lieutenant!

PI: The Commander already yelled at me.  I don't have to take a dressing down from you, Lieutenant.

EBBIRNOTH: Hmph.  You're right.  You don't have to stand here and accept a reprimand from a fellow lieutenant.

EBBIRNOTH: But you do have to stand here and accept a reprimand from a guy in full power armor who knows that you did something incredibly stupid!

PI: Oh, so now might makes right and diplomacy flows from the barrel of a gun?

KEVYN: That's a pretty good definition of the business we're in.

KEVYN: Carry on.  This sort of thing is much more effective with a sympathetic audience.