human
Comrade Alexis!
gpt
Well, what is it now? Have they found another gold-bricking officer to mess up my clean beds?
human
A party from corps headquarters will be here in fifteen minutes for inspection.
gpt
Let them come. They won't find any specks of rust on my instruments, like they did on Comrade Borisoff's.
human
They'd better not. You know what happened to him.
gpt
Yeah. Chucked into the ray. Well, he didn't give the burial squad any work. And the two laughed, a laugh that had more than a hint of sadistic cruelty in it.
human
If I had my way, the nurse went on,
gpt
I'd do the same with all these nuts that come back from the scout ships raving of home and mother. It's my idea that they're all bluffing. It's a good way to be shipped to the rear, where the captured dames are. Say, did I tell you about the last time I was on leave--