Cybele: Now, Mr. Cohen, I get why you’re upset, but try to look at the big picture. Having someone in Congress who’s in your debt could be pretty useful to you, I bet! And my Master can help you in other ways, too. For example: boss, I think Cohen’s had enough to drink by now, don’t you?
Bennett: She’s right. I’m cutting you off.
(YOINK)
Cohen: Hey!
Okay, so he’s in Congress now. He’s up for a tough election next month. What if he loses?
Cybele: That wouldn’t be so good for you, huh? But I bet a big enough donation to his campaign could fix it!
Cohen: This is sounding like a better deal for you than it is for me.
Bennett: I’ll make up for it by being the best corporate puppet ever, I swear!
Cohen: Hmm . . .
Can you get yourself on the subcommittee for Defense?
Bennett: Yes! Of course! Definitely! Well, maybe. Why?
Cohen: I’ll tell you if you get there.
Cybele, as a being, knows humans’ needs better than they know themselves. She knows that getting Cohen on the path to sobriety is actually the best thing for him.
Being warfare, what a concept.
Might be that he’s trying to stop people from using Beings in warfare.
*Sigh* So the stupid-head won’t get locked up. If he’s going to be a corporate puppet, perhaps it is better to be Cohen’s than Walker’s.
You actually trust Cohen? In that case, I have a bridge in Manhattan just for you.
Sorry, but I just can’t appreciate suicide jokes. Not funny.
It’s not a suicide joke. It’s a joke about selling someone a bridge.
Huh? Suicide Joke? No, the person is saying “if you’re that gullible, I have a bridge (which I don’t actually own) I want to sell to you.” See the Wikipedia article on the con man who did just that and was famous for it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_C._Parker
It has nothing to do with suicide, it’s an old joke about gullibility — based on the con man who collected a lot of money by convincing people he had the rights to sell them the Brooklyn Bridge.
…and of course, right after I post this, I find two comments in the moderation queue saying exactly the same thing ^_^;
I’d trust Cohen more than Walker, based on what I have seen thus far. Walker is on the warpath and wants to destroy all Beings. Cohen seems to merely want to understand the contract and its language.
Oh don’t get me wrong. They are both shady and not to be trusted further than they have to be.
Hello! We saw Walker TORTURING a Being, with the implication that it has been ongoing for a while. I trust Cohen about as far as I could throw him, but his behavior with Cybele was nowhere that nasty.
And hopefully I don’t need to explain that cliche.
Or perhaps he know something about the creators of the beings? There have been references to Beings being weapons to be used against humanity.
I find Cybele smart, funny, and adorable. I adore her so much that I made a Sylestie of her: http://tinyurl.com/o2u4npo (Copy-pasta cuz my HTML coding skills are rusty. XD)
Oh, neat! She looks so cute =)
Can I post this to the BICP Tumblr? Or have you posted it on Tumblr anywhere already, so I can reblog it?
Feel free, Erin; I’m not on Tumblr yet, but one of these days… XD