XTravis: Look, maybe this is a bad idea.
Isidro: I said you could go off base. Now it's my ass. There are very few benefits to being the bottom of the chain of command, Neuman. Make the most of it.
Travis: No, I mean -- Ria... it all sounds so trivial when I say it out loud. Just once, I'd like to make a decision that doesn't lead to mockery and humiliation.
Isidro: I am thoroughly amused by the situation, as it happens. Lovely place you've brought us to. What can I order that's remotely drinkable?
Travis: Any of it.
Isidro: Hmm.
Travis: I know you won't believe this, but it's a great place. The food's good, the beer's good, and the people accept me here. They know me.
Isidro: So I gathered from the betting pool that started up when we came in.
Patrons: He's cuter than the blonde one. Fifteen minutes. -- C'mon, Blue, I got ten doles says you make it to dessert this time!
Travis: ... I should just give in to the humiliation thing, shouldn't I?
Isidro: I said you could go off base. Now it's my ass. There are very few benefits to being the bottom of the chain of command, Neuman. Make the most of it.
Travis: No, I mean -- Ria... it all sounds so trivial when I say it out loud. Just once, I'd like to make a decision that doesn't lead to mockery and humiliation.
Isidro: I am thoroughly amused by the situation, as it happens. Lovely place you've brought us to. What can I order that's remotely drinkable?
Travis: Any of it.
Isidro: Hmm.
Travis: I know you won't believe this, but it's a great place. The food's good, the beer's good, and the people accept me here. They know me.
Isidro: So I gathered from the betting pool that started up when we came in.
Patrons: He's cuter than the blonde one. Fifteen minutes. -- C'mon, Blue, I got ten doles says you make it to dessert this time!
Travis: ... I should just give in to the humiliation thing, shouldn't I?
When last we saw.... Travis - Isidro
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Barsk: The Elephant's Graveyard by Lawrence M. Schoen
Barsk is known for three things: its endless rains, its revoltingly furless residents... and koph, the drug that allows them to speak with the dead.
Barsk is known for three things: its endless rains, its revoltingly furless residents... and koph, the drug that allows them to speak with the dead.