Well like I said its been a while, but you can't go wrong in Melbourne. [If faded memory serves, there were too many to count littering her old stomping ground.] Even if a few have checked out, chances are plenty ought to still be left.
[A pause and then:] You know they'll never let you drag that much back home with you.
Oh, it must've been-- Christ, somewhere around the time you and Nate bumped heads, I'd say. Give a few.
[For the transient migration comes easy, but unpinning home base entirely and relocating elsewhere-- setting up a definite spot to come back to that is so unfamiliar-- isn't a choice made thoughtlessly. ]
That we do but they're still the ones running customs. Besides, they're a good enough bunch stuck in a sorry little box, can't be too hard to promise them a bottle for every boatload, yeah?
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[A pause and then:] You know they'll never let you drag that much back home with you.
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[He didn't have a particular set date in mind, anyway. Although he'd kind of considered 'present day'. Didn't mean much though, did it?]
Don't see why not. Haven't you heard? We're in control of our own destinies. Besides, I think I can make a case for it.
[He hadn't honestly thought about that. But seriously, who was going to stop him?]
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[For the transient migration comes easy, but unpinning home base entirely and relocating elsewhere-- setting up a definite spot to come back to that is so unfamiliar-- isn't a choice made thoughtlessly. ]
That we do but they're still the ones running customs. Besides, they're a good enough bunch stuck in a sorry little box, can't be too hard to promise them a bottle for every boatload, yeah?
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[He laughed, a wicked sound] Oh, I can do them one better. I'm thinking the Initiative drinks for free. All of 'em.
[They wanted to make peace with the natives? He didn't know any way better.]
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