I'm sure there's somebody on this boat who will send some hostile magic my way in the name of science.
[Ford sticks the moonstone in his pocket. It won't do him any good when he wakes up, of course; it's done without thinking.
He looks at Bill and pulls a face. This is the right and polite thing to say, and as much as he doesn't like it, he ought to say it. It feels like pulling teeth.]
Thank you, for the magic advice.
[And then he pulls an arm back and throws a punch straight at Bill's eye.]
And that's for getting me kidnapped and murdered in the first place! What did you do to that guy?
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[Ford sticks the moonstone in his pocket. It won't do him any good when he wakes up, of course; it's done without thinking.
He looks at Bill and pulls a face. This is the right and polite thing to say, and as much as he doesn't like it, he ought to say it. It feels like pulling teeth.]
Thank you, for the magic advice.
[And then he pulls an arm back and throws a punch straight at Bill's eye.]
And that's for getting me kidnapped and murdered in the first place! What did you do to that guy?