“The engineers tell me it's perfectly
safe.”
“No, I mean, are you sure we have to
go through with this?”
“You know how important this meeting
is.”
“Yes, but I can't help but feel that
they were joking.”
“Look, it's simple, the guys in PR
explained it all to me. Symbolic flight, shooting out over the world,
the thrust of a new beginning, it's seminal, it's...”
“Wait, hang on. What am I
symbolizing?”
“You're the voyager, the explorer.
This is an act of discovery, of creation, a blossoming of energy and
velocity and sacrifice...”
“I'm getting out.”
“No, no, I'm talking about the
sacrifice of building this machine, the cost. Look at the size of
this thing! Do you know how many man-hours were spent erecting it?
But seriously, it'll be fine.”
“Will it?”
“Maybe. No. Yeah, get out. This is a
terrible idea.”
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