"If you want to shoot something, I would suggest you shoot our enemies. Breaking into the Chambers is one thing, 'Don,' but coming in guns blazing is something completely different. Any violence in this room and consider yourself spaced."
Lucendez turned to Montoya.
"The old man is not my friend, Juan. In fact, the last time I met him he had my gun pointed at his nose. However, I believe if we are to decide what to do with the Independents, we should ask one. Besides, I've seen his dedication to his crew. He's not like the others, and that interests me. However, there is a high possibility that he won't show his face, so lets continue with the meeting. The solutions to the problem are as follows:
1) Shoot the sons of Hessians down for treason against the Council.
2) Restrict the purchase of Capital ships by either moving production to the TBH/Benitez guard systems, or registering the Independents and deciding the merit of such a purchase in Council.
Is there anything else I'm missing?"
"The thirteen saloons that had lined the one street of Seney had not left a trace. The foundations of the Mansion House hotel stuck up above the ground. The stone was chipped and split by the fire. It was all that was left of the town of Seney. Even the surface had been burned off the ground.
Nick looked at the burned-over stretch of hillside, where he had expected to find the scattered houses of the town and then walked down the railroad track to the bridge over the river. The river was there."
