I walked into the Stallion's airlock, and promptly fell over.
When I regained consciousness, A.C. was setting my broken arm. "What in the name of the Great Bird of the Galaxy happened to you, Noah? You were covered with bits of every non-leathal grenade filler Greenpeace and I have ever seen, and a few that even we couldn't identify. And some of those nerf bullets were crazy-glued on to your skin."
"A.C., I learned four things in the half-hour before I blacked out in your airlock... How long was I out, anyway?"
"Ten minutes. What did you learn, and what does it have to do with what I asked?"
"What it has to do with what you asked will be obvious. What I learned... First, the artists working on the You Know What You Doing H-doujinshi have no idea what Mikuru Asahina really looks like; she looks even better than those drawings. Second, that's her natural hair colour."
"You used a type 17 on her." It was a statement, not a question.
"Yeah. Third, Mikuru is damned sexy when she's wearing nothing but my jacket."
"I remember you told me you weren't a Heinleinian, Noah."
"Doesn't mean I can't look at other women. Fourth, and most importantly, Mikuru's fan club is awfully possessive of her."
A.C. whistled. "I'm surprised you got away from them with only one broken bone. Where are Leda and Yayoi?"
"Yayoi was eliminated almost an hour ago; the last I saw, she and her girlfriend were headed for the 'Blade. Leda should have hooked up with Jake, Kohran and Kagome by now. Can I have a beer?"
"Not until the painkillers I gave you wear off."
"I was afraid you were going to say that..."
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
When I regained consciousness, A.C. was setting my broken arm. "What in the name of the Great Bird of the Galaxy happened to you, Noah? You were covered with bits of every non-leathal grenade filler Greenpeace and I have ever seen, and a few that even we couldn't identify. And some of those nerf bullets were crazy-glued on to your skin."
"A.C., I learned four things in the half-hour before I blacked out in your airlock... How long was I out, anyway?"
"Ten minutes. What did you learn, and what does it have to do with what I asked?"
"What it has to do with what you asked will be obvious. What I learned... First, the artists working on the You Know What You Doing H-doujinshi have no idea what Mikuru Asahina really looks like; she looks even better than those drawings. Second, that's her natural hair colour."
"You used a type 17 on her." It was a statement, not a question.
"Yeah. Third, Mikuru is damned sexy when she's wearing nothing but my jacket."
"I remember you told me you weren't a Heinleinian, Noah."
"Doesn't mean I can't look at other women. Fourth, and most importantly, Mikuru's fan club is awfully possessive of her."
A.C. whistled. "I'm surprised you got away from them with only one broken bone. Where are Leda and Yayoi?"
"Yayoi was eliminated almost an hour ago; the last I saw, she and her girlfriend were headed for the 'Blade. Leda should have hooked up with Jake, Kohran and Kagome by now. Can I have a beer?"
"Not until the painkillers I gave you wear off."
"I was afraid you were going to say that..."
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012