[The most unimpressed look, Gunmax. Everything you say bores him.]
I have neither the need nor the inclination to justify my schedule to a refugee. My work is beyond your current understanding, I suspect. When I am away, the Acolytes are your first point of contact. If that doesn't suit you – you're welcome to wait.
You already know the most important fact concerning the Badlands: they're to be avoided. It's clear you have no interest in our theology, so there is nothing more to say.
[Bucking against authority? All right, Gunmax, he'll give you one respect point for that, even if you are making his life marginally harder.]
Very well, it doesn't please you to be ruled. And so? You occupy our territory and share our materials. You have free reign to move as you wish, build as you wish – if we demand final word on what takes place on our planet, is that unusual? I'm certain you wouldn't be pleased if I arrived on your homeworld and elected to have it stripmined.
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I have neither the need nor the inclination to justify my schedule to a refugee. My work is beyond your current understanding, I suspect. When I am away, the Acolytes are your first point of contact. If that doesn't suit you – you're welcome to wait.
You already know the most important fact concerning the Badlands: they're to be avoided. It's clear you have no interest in our theology, so there is nothing more to say.
[Bucking against authority? All right, Gunmax, he'll give you one respect point for that, even if you are making his life marginally harder.]
Very well, it doesn't please you to be ruled. And so? You occupy our territory and share our materials. You have free reign to move as you wish, build as you wish – if we demand final word on what takes place on our planet, is that unusual? I'm certain you wouldn't be pleased if I arrived on your homeworld and elected to have it stripmined.