Monday January 14, 2019
Book 19: A Function of Firepower — Part III

Note: Having previously established the use of "meanwhile" in this context, our story must obviously adhere to precedent. 

Transcript

 

NARRATOR: Meanwhile, fifty-four million years ago in Sol System...

Unnamed Blue Hrathi: What are you doing?

Unnamed Orange Hrathi: Over-amping a nineteen million year old hypernet probe.

Orange Hrathi: But you knew that.

Orange Hrathi: The question you meant to ask was “Why are you doing something so reckless with a priceless artifact of a lost civilization?”

Blue Hrathi: Is your answer “Because I was unsupervised?”

Orange Hrathi: It is!

Orange Hrathi: Clearly you're not here to ask questions.