
I said, “Prof, you know me. If kicking out Authority was thing we could buy, I wouldn’t worry about price.”
“‘–our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.'”
“Huh?”
“A price that was once paid.”
“Well — I’d go that high.”




A "surly curmudgeon[], suspicious and lacking in altruism." (Robert A. Heinlein)

I said, “Prof, you know me. If kicking out Authority was thing we could buy, I wouldn’t worry about price.”
“‘–our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.'”
“Huh?”
“A price that was once paid.”
“Well — I’d go that high.”


