All kidding aside, we're going to have to stretch our diplomacy to the limits, all of us if we want this to go anywhere. It's one thing to sell an idea to people whose history you know and understand. In this situation with some of these people we don't even know what constitutes basic courtesy, and we're asking a lot.
Not what I envisioned for my retirement. [Very dry. His "retirement" was a hurlock blade across the neck. He supposes just about anything is better than that.]
no subject
[He drops his voice lower.]
All kidding aside, we're going to have to stretch our diplomacy to the limits, all of us if we want this to go anywhere. It's one thing to sell an idea to people whose history you know and understand. In this situation with some of these people we don't even know what constitutes basic courtesy, and we're asking a lot.
Not what I envisioned for my retirement. [Very dry. His "retirement" was a hurlock blade across the neck. He supposes just about anything is better than that.]