"What else should I consider them? Cephal, have you grown foggy in your old age? I can hardly recognize you. Y

"What else should I consider them? Cephal, have you grown foggy in your old age? I can hardly recognize you. You've always been a hard-liner. You've always put the interests of our ventures above everything else. And now you want us to roll over on our backs for the Aldori, wiggle our tails and wait to be petted? We're an independent state now. And we shall have it known to all that we won't be ordered about!"