Monjoronson: “Gaia, you and your Beloved (you know, the one with fire in his veins) are being indicted for crimes against humanity.”
Gaia: “WHAT!? What have we done? Have we not always done our best to accommodate ALL of humanity in all the ways they allow us to – even to our own detriment?”
Monjoronson: “Well, there was this: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Pompei+movie. I can mitigate this situation if you can both provide a reasonable defense.”
Beloved of Fire Clan (Electric Company) and Gaia of Water Clan (Water Company) with one voice: “The Vesuvius eruption was a Wounded Knee jerk reaction to a level of cruelty that resulted in dead horses, dead soldiers, dead Inuit and so many other grievous calamities. It was regrettable, but inevitable. Lessons learned – the hard way.”
Monjoronson: “I already knew this, but I needed to hear it from One Voice. I pardon you.“
IMZADI AND GAIA with One Voice and a single eye: “Gaia still loves her sculpture gardens, though. She is so looking forward to enjoying the next one her Beloved has planned for her. This time, we won’t be indicted for crimes against anyone. They’re OUR robotoids, and we can shut them down whenever we like!
Oh, and one more thing... as Columbo would say: China. Please keep your terracotta soldiers on your side of the world. Did you really think that by transplanting one to Nob Hill in Portland, Oregon or burying a small army of them near Katie, TX that they would come alive for you? "Gain of function?" Stop believing in tall hat tales and tend to your own knitting. Suzhou is Portlandia's sister city... she's still looking for that lace maker... jus' sayin'. And to NASHER: *yawn
and the Old Military Brass washer goes to…(wait for it)
Brave: “Chief, why are medicine wheels made with porcupine quills?”
Chief: “How do porcupines mate, young one? Very carefully.”
White squaw: “Yes Chief, quite true. But now we also use yarn, steel, copper and offerings from the Tobacco Tree.”
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