I feared that the committee would decide to go with their previous decision
unless I credibly pulled a full tantrum.
-- dmr@alice.UUCP
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Quote #565
Virgule gazed across the vast, cold eel expanse past his inquisitor to
witness the full consequence of his previous decision - feral, withered
children, in tattered, filthy garments, toiled mindlessly at his command in
a single chamber which reeked of oil and burning animal flesh - his time had
come to deliver the final instructio...