[Meanwhile, back on a private shuttle moving stealthily among the core systems]
Ms. Chaum: “Any news about a goose that lays the golden globs?”
Ms. Chum: “Encrypted pointcast suggests The Coleridge is still alive.”
Ms. Chaum: “86% of all missions fail to achieve this degree of synergy with the object.”
Ms. Chum: “And so far 100% of all missions fail to achieve any greater degree of synergy.”
Ms. Chaum: “Failure has but a single father, but success creates a thousand orphans.”
Ms. Chum: “That’s…not quite right.”
Ms. Chaum: “I’m pretty sure that’s right.”
Ms. Chum: [pinches the bridge of her nose]
