[ we can always airlock them! or so isaac thinks. ]

There's a lot of stuff being talked about on how we'd bite it, I don't know. Space people don't seem to be a very optimistic lot, sir.

[ Optimism is for when you still have something to live for, really. That basement taught him denial, and that rickety staircase taught him hope. "Maybe this time I won't get caught on a loose nail." ]