“I choose to postpone my feigned outrage just long enough to inform you that I"ve taken the tour, and I can assure you that the walls are sufficiently padded. So why would you go and say a thing like that?”
“If I understand matters correctly,” she replied, “your government is well aware of the fact that much of the technology you use is harmful to the ecosystem. Several viable alternatives exist if you would only create the infrastructure, but despite over fifty years of warnings, you do nothing.”
“You obviously don"t comprehend the situation,” Jack said with a nod. “This is all part of our fiendish plan to fend off an alien invasion.”
“Oh really?”
“Mmmhmm,” Jack went on. “You see, we figure if we act like complete morons, the galactic community will think there"s something in the wate
