[It is never, ever, solely about him, Buffy. In fact, it hardly ever is about him. Just about his job. He doesn't even begin to take the bait, although it's still strange--and oddly elating--to think this has nothing to do with him being Emperor.]
In my time, we have a phrase about taking a wormhole jump to hell. Wormholes are how we get from system to system. Surveyors find wormholes and jump through them--in jumpships, obviously--just to see where they go, sometimes. A very small percentage never come back. [A pause.] I feel like I just took a wormhole jump to hell.
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Date: 2012-05-10 11:29 pm (UTC)From:In my time, we have a phrase about taking a wormhole jump to hell. Wormholes are how we get from system to system. Surveyors find wormholes and jump through them--in jumpships, obviously--just to see where they go, sometimes. A very small percentage never come back. [A pause.] I feel like I just took a wormhole jump to hell.