Fuzzy Nation

by John Scalzi

you have a funny way of being amazingly self-interested.

Turn off that lawyer brain of yours and the thinking three steps ahead and the self-absorption and that overriding love of money you have,

“Yes, I care what happens to the fuzzys. I like them. I don’t want anything bad to happen to them.”

“Do you think they’re sentient?” Sullivan asked. “Does it really matter?” Holloway asked.

“It would have destroyed her credibility, but it might have saved the fuzzys,”

“They would have been given protected status as soon as the case was filed,” Holloway said. Sullivan gave Holloway a lopsided grin. “Yes, on a planet with no oversight, and a resident population of surveyors and workers whose livelihoods would disappear if the floaters were recognized as sentient,” he said. “You tell me how well the words ‘protected status’ would work in a situation like that.”

The only explanation that fits the data was intentional human predation.”

Right now, the fuzzys have no sort of legal protection at all.”

right now, you, me, and Isabel are the only friends they have.”

Why didn’t Sullivan come with him? Question

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Like his license. Haha

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Pay attention.

What he did know is that when he asked the question, they all turned to the ruin of the cabin.

Of all the fuzzys, Baby was the one who was the most trusting of humans.

Holloway let out a small cheer in spite of himself. Pinto, the reckless fuzzy, hadn’t hesitated a single moment to defend Baby—its sibling? Its friend? Its mate?—

Holloway realized he knew exactly who this man was.

I hope it’s not the idiot, DeLise.

It would have been comical, had the man not just killed two people.

“Yes,” Holloway said, holding Pinto’s hand. “I’ve got you, you son of a bitch. I’ve got you and you don’t even know it.”

DNA!

Unintended consequences of acting from mixed motives? Question

“This has become a very strange day,” Holloway said.

Sam Hamilton’s

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there’s one thing that I respect about you, Chad. It’s that you’re fundamentally a decent human being.

“One thing I’ve always been blessed with is better people than I deserve.

He is an actual human being, you know. Not just a chess piece for the two of you to play with.” “He’s definitely a pawn,” Holloway said.

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If we pull it off, three days is all the time we’re going to need.

“Disbarred,” Meyer said. “Not for not knowing the law,”

Haha 2d or 3d appearance.

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Greene versus Winston,

“Sorry?” Meyer said. “The only witness to your whereabouts is the plaintiff, who you just happen to be giving a trillion credits of ZaraCorp’s money to? Sorry is the word I would use for that, indeed.”

“Well, Mark Sullivan was there, too,”

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The only difference between now and then is that deciding to screw up my career and my life just cost you six hundred billion credits.

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“Bringing a corpse into the courtroom was not necessary, Mr. Holloway,” Soltan said, sharply. “With all due respect, Your Honor, I disagree,” Holloway said. “If I had not, I doubt Ms. Meyer would accept the authenticity of the evidence,

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“Not an animal,” Holloway said. “The creature,”

Why we call Frankenstein’s experiment “the creature” - sentience.