An old friend's revenge

[Lanakov]

The man listened to the broadcast with a slight grin.

"It occurs to me that these Colonials certainly deserve their angry boyscout reputation. Well then gentlemen, let's do as they say and get this over with. I'm not interested in participating in this ludicrous show-off any longer. Record our answer.

He nodded to his second, who activated the feed.



The man bowed while saying ;
"Your Colonial Lordship, please forgive us for having desecrated thy territory. With your consent, we shall depart at once under your watchful guard and you will never hear of the Tide again. If you have anything to add, I implore you to say so. Otherwise, we'll be most content to follow your lead out of here in the shortest timeframe allowed by your massive and intimidating vessels."

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If everyone was a bit more like Lanakov, the entire world would be more positive. Including pregnancy tests.