Wednesday 1 August 2001

Petey: I didn't lie to you, Captain. I did eat those prisoners.

Tagon: But by 'eat' you didn't mean what I thought you meant.

Petey: Right, I gassed them and then mass-cryo-stored the whole bunch, to keep them fresh, you know. . . for later.

Tagon: And then you allowed me to continue believing that they were permanently beyond reach.

Petey: Allowing you a belief is different from lying, sir.

Tagon: You deliberately misled me, Petey.

Petey: Nope. The word 'deliberately' connotes slow, careful thought. I don't think slowly, sir.

Tagon: If you live through the beating I'm going to give you, you're destined for a career in politics.