human
Coal into diamonds, Mattern found himself saying as he stared at Schiemann's pipe rolling on the empty corridor floor,
gpt
So you think it's funny, do you?
human
I'm afraid that I don't agree, Balas went on with that frightening softness.
gpt
He was good to me, and to you too, Lennie. He was damned good to the both of us. And this is the way you repay him. It wasn't a nice thing to do, Lennie.
human
I know you didn't mean for him to disappear like that, Balas said, almost kindly.
gpt
It's just that I guess you don't care what happens to anybody but yourself. No, you don't care for yourself even, just the things you want. You're awful greedy, Lennie--awful greedy.
human
If I don't do something to stop you, you'll do the same thing to our whole universe that you did to the captain. It would be wrong for me to let that happen. So, you see, I _have_ to kill you. I'm sorry, Lennie, because I like you, but I know you'll understand.