human
We're pirates all right--if they catch us. And they _will_ catch us if they get within gunshot. The next few minutes will settle that question of whether they're going to, or not!
gpt
Nice, comforting prospect! muttered the Celt.
human
What do they do with pirates, anyhow, these days? They can't hang us at the yard-arm, because airships don't have 'em. Of course they might stage a hanging-bee with this Legion dangling from the wings, but that would be pretty hard to manage. It'll be shooting, eh?
gpt
Probably, if my neutralizer fails.
human
You're cheerful about it! The neutralizer may be all right, in its way, but personally I'm rather strong for these! He laid a hand on the breech of the Lewis machine-gun mounted in the gallery, its grim muzzle pointed out through a slit in the colloid screen.
gpt
The six guns we've got aboard, in strategic positions, look like good medicine to _me_! Wouldn't it be the correct thing to call the gun-crews and limber up a little? These chaps aren't going to be all day in getting here, and when they do--
human
I admire your spirit, Major, interrupted the other, with undertones of mockery,
gpt
My will is made, anyhow, growled Bohannan.
human
Faith, I'm glad it is!