Greenpeace: “That’s the whole point|Creating peace zones, and by extension war zones, will show people that not only the whackos and criminals like Tully Mardi are taking the danger seriously|If the Mitsubishi and Cousins together—whom everyone sees as enemies in this, on the O.S. front and the set-set front—if we’re seen jointly preparing for the possibility of World War, people will wake up and realize that Word War might actually happen, and they just might get off their butts and do something to preserve World Peace|That’s what we both want|This way if we succeed there will be peace, and if we fail there will be protections for orangutans and baby elephants|”

Kosala: “This,” Kosala’s Hindi sounded so intimate here, so cautious: “This idea came from Dominic Seneschal, didn’t it?” It is such a good thing, reader, that Kosala has drunk of Madame’s poison, such a good thing that there is someone at the Cousins’ heart who can recognize its taste.

Greenpeace: “Y-yes|Seneschal’s a weird, weird person, but I can’t deny they’re a great Acting Chief Director|This is a good plan, and, in the public eye, it will be you and Greenpeace at the center, not the Mitsubishi, or Seneschal|Don’t forget, Greenpeace is clean of any involvement in O.S., and we’re in complete agreement with you Cousins in thinking that the top priority is protecting everything we can in this mess|A public Cousin-Greenpeace alliance will combat the Cousin-Mitsubishi enmity|You want the strike and riots to end too, don’t you?”