“But that’s not what really struck me. I’ve never seen him sadder than when he said the following. He said . . .” Erskine rested a hand on the pod. “He said that sitting there, watching you people work at your desks, getting to know you—he often thought that the world would be a better place with people like you in charge.” “People like me?” Donald shook his head. “What does that even mean?” Erskine smiled. “I asked him precisely that. His response was that it was a burden doing what he knew to be correct, to be sound and logical.” Erskine ran one hand across the pod as if he could touch his
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