Friday June 23, 2017
Book 17: A Little Immortality — Part IV

Transcript

PUTZHO: Thank you for the new wetware. It is invigorating, but doesn't Doragne still have an urgent matter to discuss?

DORAGNE: Yes. Our Proactive Defense Team has departed the terms of engagement.

PUTZHO: Where I come from "proactive defense" is a euphemism for "first strike."

ULAQUE: This is not that approach, Putzho. We have evolved to defend ourselves with a much subtler, gentler approach.

DORAGNE: "Gentle proactivity" describes the terms of engagement from which the team has departed.

Let's go with "first strike."