e, no one speaking up.</p>
  <p> RIKER<br>
    (continuing)<br>
    Well? Everyone still looks<br>
    uncomfortable.</p>
  <p> PICARD<br>
    Perhaps we're all remembering the<br>
    old saying... &quot;power corrupts... &quot;</p>
  <p> RIKER<br>
    ... &quot;and absolute power corrupts<br>
    absolutely.&quot; Do you believe I<br>
    haven't thought of that, Jean-Luc?</p>
  <p> PICARD<br>
    And have you noticed that you and<br>
    I are now on a first-name basis?</p>
  <p> A flicker