human
Who are you, and what are you doing here with that pistol?
gpt
My name is Barbara Loring. I heard that you Vogarians had demanded that we agree to surrender. I came down from the hills to disagree.
human
Is a resistance force meeting here?
gpt
Do you think you could make me tell you?
human
There are ways--but I'm not here to use them. I am not your enemy.
gpt
But how could a Vogarian ever not be our enemy?
human
I can tell you this, she said.
gpt
I know of no resistance organization. I can also tell you that we're not the race of cowards you think and we'll fight the instant Father Brenn gives the word.
human
For one who speaks respectfully of Brenn, he said,
gpt
Up in the Azure Mountains, where I come from, we're not very refined and we like being that way!
human
And why do you carry guns?
gpt
Because all along our frontier lines are rhino-stags, cliff bears, thunder hawks, and a lot of other overgrown carnivora that don't like us--that's why.
human
I see. He took the pistol from his belt and held it out to her.
gpt
Go back to your mountains, where you belong, before you do something to get yourself executed.
human
Exactly as I predicted, as you no doubt recall. How long until they can have a thousand units of fuel produced?
gpt
Larue estimated fourteen days at best.