Toxic or nontoxic?
Don’t count me out too quickly. I had you in my collection once. I can have you there again.
You may not arrive at the coordinates you set, but you’ll find where you belong.
“Q!”
“But I feel like celebrating!”
“I DON’T!”
Aren’t you going to sit down, sir?
Bring back any memories?
Don’t you recognize your old stomping grounds?
What do you suggest we do about it?
Fight for what you want!
Now, here’s the plan to get out of here.
“Well, why don’t we just go outside and talk about it?”
“That’s how Eddington sees himself. He’s Valjean; he’s Robin Hood; he’s a dashing, romantic figure, fighting the good fight against the evil Federation.”
“The secret life of Michael Eddington. How does it help us?”
“Eddington thinks he’s the hero. That makes me the villain. And what does every hero want to do?”
“Kill the bad guy.”
“That’s part of it. Heroes only kill when they have to. But in the best melodramas, the hero has to give himself up for the people; for the cause; one last, grand gesture.”
“What are you getting at, Benjamin?”
“I think it’s time for me to become the villain.”
“You can. I’ll let you. But first, tell me: what is, what was, your other choice?”
I see that you have applied to Starfleet as well.
Theater is statecraft; statecraft is theater.
The multitronic units 1 through 4 were not entirely successful.
Possibly because no one has died, Jim.
If you can’t handle a little bloody nose, perhaps you should go back home and crawl under your bed. It’s not safe out here.
“So unless Hazmat here is going to join you after cleaning up aisle five…”
“My name’s Gene, by the way.”
“I’ve already forgotten that.”
So much pain. So much misery inflicted on so many. I hate them.