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Now, I heard a rumor that the gun isn’t even loaded, but we know what the golden rule for guns is, right?” “Every gun is loaded,” Georgie recited. “That’s right. We treat every gun as if it’s loaded, with a round in the chamber and the safety off. We never point guns at other people, even when we think they’re not loaded, unless we intend to shoot the person, yes?”
“We hold the gun to the side and down, so we don’t shoot our feet by accident, or barrel up.”
“Are you allergic to seafood?” “No. You can use iodine on me. I won’t suffer any side effects.”
I didn't know that iodine would trigger a seafood allergy.
the Republic of Texas.”
I went to your church. Your priest seemed like a reasonable man. I told him that the Edge needed to be evacuated. He nodded, pulled out a gun, and unloaded twenty-two shots into me. When he realized the bullets weren’t hurting me, he threw his sidearm at me and called me an agent of Lucifer.”
“Life is so precious because it’s short,” she said. “Even the most resilient people are fragile. Life isn’t about dying or not dying. It’s about living well, George. Living so you can be proud and happy.”
Right now, you’re an army of one with me as your National Guard volunteer unit.
“Friends make the world bearable. It’s an honor of sorts. Of all the people that a person knows, they pick you to be their friend, and you try to be worthy of that friendship. Or at least I try.
“Destroy the power plants, and everything stops. No power equals no water, no communications, no logistics, nothing. Even fuel is pumped by electric pumps. Take away electricity, and you’ll have anarchy.”
“Often wrong, but never in doubt. Once you decide what you need to do and how to go about it, you can’t afford to second-guess yourself. You just do it.”
