“Yes, well, just remember the little people on your meteoric rise to fame and power, Ms. Dagostino.” She laughed in reply. “Aye, sar, but I’m pretty sure meteors don’t rise, sar. They fall. That’s what makes them meteors and not asteroids.” “Makes you wonder where the phrase came from, doesn’t it, Ms. Dagostino?” “Yes, sar, it surely does, but I’ll leave such idle speculation to my betters and superiors, sar.”
