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But he'd taken their ancient engine of destruction and turned the key anyway, because when you got right down to it, humans were still just curious monkeys. They still had to poke everything they found with a stick to see what it did.

Yep! This sounds like me on a daily basis!

Holy shit," said Amos in a flat voice.

I agree, Amos! The twist at the end of that last chapter was so shocking, it left me saying...

(Please excuse my strong language just now!)

"He could have given us the stars."
"Stars are better off without us."

Not meaning to ruin the somber moment, but think how amazing it would be to actually travel through the stars!

I can't get into any detail since it would be a major spoiler, but one of the characters just revealed the craziest plan ever! Seriously, this is one of those "Gee, how could this possibly go horribly wrong" ideas! :o

(And speaking of bad ideas...)

I finally get some time to read and the doorbell rings!


I had to resort to stealth tactics to read in peace!

"Let me get this straight. You'll give me all the kingdoms of the Earth if I just bow down and do one act of worship for you?"
"I don't know the reference," the stranger said.

I hate it when I make a reference and it flies over someone's head!

The Butcher of Anderson Station doing what he did best, leading his troops against the tactics and strategies he'd helped create back when he was the enemy.

Wow... that's some tragic irony right there!

"We didn't pay for this ship. Feel free to use it up. If I get killed so you can save ammo, I am going to put a reprimand in your permanent file."

I can only hope that if I'm ever in a spaceship battle, I can banter as well as this crew! My attempts at banter usually go more like this...

Working in some corporations was like going to prison. You adopted the views of the people around you.

Ah, corporate life, where everyone gets along so well!
(Yeah, right...)

Miller told a story about hunting down a black market cheese operation.
"I actually remember that cheese shortage," Naomi said once Miller stopped talking. "Belt-wide. That was your fault?"

A world without CHEESE? This really is a dystopian nightmare!