[The feed flicks on. Tonegawa is at home in his office and as close to casual as one could possibly get with him so publically. He’s jacketless, for one thing, with his sleeves rolled up to reveal a large gold wristwatch and with his tie loosened just a little, enough to reveal that his topmost shirt button is undone. In one hand he holds the
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I'm afraid I'm not big on charity.
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I don't know that I should be rewarding impulsiveness. It's a rather unfortunate habit.
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so the video turns on to a view of the tiny antichrist, on his stomach on the floor, chin propped in his palms, expression thoughtful. there's a small mutt stretched out next to him, twitching in his sleep. ]
It could buy a bunch've diggin' gear an' campin' stuff an' coats! [ why all this, you ask? well, he'll tell you. ] An' then we could dig our way under th' ocean aaaallll th' way t' Tibet! But we'll camp out in the center of th' earth with all the dinosaurs when we need a break, an' fight off raptors an' stuff! An' when we fight th' raptor off, see, it'll be so impressed it'll agree to be our pet, like a horse or a dog, only raptors are lots faster! So then we'll ride the raptor to Tibet, an' when we're there, we'll get the yeti to help us find Shangri La!
[ beaming ( ... )
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There's nothing wrong with humouring him, though.]
I see. An explorer at heart, are we? [He tilts his head.] Alright, I'll bite. Just why exactly should I fund your trip to Shangri La, other than the possibility of your enduring some Vernian nightmare along the way?
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'Cause it'll be fun! If you don't wanna' ride a raptor, 'm sure we can find you a T-Rex or somethin'.
[ a pause, then his eyes go wide, clearly excited. ]
Or maybe a dragon! I'll bet if there's dinosaurs, there's dragons, too!
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And you're certain that there are, as you suggest, dinosaurs in the centre of the Earth? I wouldn't think that would be empirically verifiable.
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He's bluffing, just a little.]
If there had been any problem with that incident I'm sure I would have heard something by now.
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[then, quickly:] I'd have thought that you of all people would have something better to offer me than blackmail.
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Barring that, give it to the dinosaur kid up there.
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Oh, he's certainly a frontrunner at the moment.
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