The "Ambrosia" - Colonial Bar on Sabah Shipyard

[Teerin]

"Right now if you want lad! Just give me a couple minutes to set things up," said Marcus.

He grabbed a stool, wincing at the use of his left hand. Carefully, he sat down. After a brief pause - was that really minutes? - Lou continued, "Ok boys, what'll it be tonight?"

"For the celebration, a round of Schnapps on me." replied the man with the familiar voice. A woman, some flight officer, came in and they spoke some. Everything around himself started to phase out for an indeterminate amount of time. Voices sounding watered out, another man entering the room, some of the employees toasting, even the pain lessened ...

He shook himself, and came to his senses. Clutching his left hand with his right, he turned back to Marcus. "What about some Borneo vintage brandy? That'd hit the spot quite nicely. Also ... who's that with the peppermint schnapps?"

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"You see what your knowledge tells you you're seeing. ... how, what you think the universe is, and how you react to that in everything you do, depends on what you know. And when that knowledge changes, for you, the universe changes. And that is as true for the whole of society as that is for the individual. We all are what we know, today. What we knew yesterday, was different; and so were we."
- James Burke, The Day the Universe Changed (1985)