"Gotta wonder if that was his plan all along, or if we just pissed him off enough that he finally decided diplomacy could fuck itself."

Lambert shakes his head."Guess it doesn't matter. He wanted us screwed in the end, anyway."

He lapses into silence for a moment, thinking. And then--

"Not much use having resistance you don't understand, isn't it? It's like trying to train a muscle you don't know exists."