"-- and you can interpret that as liberally as you desire."
Gideon was delicately cracking his knuckles one at a time as the connection closed.
"Please tell me that wasn't who I think it was," Lida called from the other office.
Ulysse leaned back in his chair. "If they didn't want to deal with consequences they shouldn't have told me I have no authority to dictate their use of customs and quarantine facilities. I am merely allocating my resources as I deem appropriate to the circumstances."
(interpret as liberally as you like) - early Crown Navy era, Ulysse and Lida
Date: 2016-05-10 04:03 pm (UTC)From:Gideon was delicately cracking his knuckles one at a time as the connection closed.
"Please tell me that wasn't who I think it was," Lida called from the other office.
Ulysse leaned back in his chair. "If they didn't want to deal with consequences they shouldn't have told me I have no authority to dictate their use of customs and quarantine facilities. I am merely allocating my resources as I deem appropriate to the circumstances."