human
I've got them all here,
gpt
Good.
human
Are you ready?
gpt
Yeah, Zen answered.
human
But I'm going that way.
gpt
Kurt!
human
That way or no way,
gpt
But that's not a passenger rocket.
human
The hull will hold enough air to keep me alive for as long as I need to be there.
gpt
But the rocket is in constantly accelerating flight. It's a moving target.
human
Red-Dog Jimmie Thurman's plane was falling and Colonel Grant's satellite was moving and Spike Larson's sub was on the bottom of the Indian Ocean. Don't give me any back talk, Sam. Somebody got into that plane and that satellite and that submarine. I can get into that rocket. You're the man who can put me there.
gpt
But I'm not on that target!
human
Then get on it!
gpt
All right. I'll do my best. But something will remain here, Kurt, even after the explosion. We'll be safe, in a way, here.
human
That argument has already been used, by me, to get the others back to you. You and I know, Sam, that hell won't hold a hat to the American continent if that whizzer hits.
gpt
All right, West repeated.
human
Ah! I'm on the rocket as a target.
gpt
Good!