"Sabotage and Poaching? That shouldn't be too dangerous..."
Gilbert replies, looking on the net for information concerning Jeremiah Jackson.
"Can never be too prepared. Did I ever tell you about the time I blew up Jackson Jeremiah? Pretty big coincidence with this guy's name. Yeah, that was one of the guys that got a bit too close, that's for sure. I remember he actually managed to find where I was hiding out at the time. Pretty impressive really. I was behind seven proxies and everything; I can't believe he managed to back trace me. Well, it wasn't actually him. He had some hacker friend with some code name I can't even remember; something to do with llamas. Anyway, he managed to find my place, but I managed to find him first. Redirected him to my decoy location after I noticed he found me, filled it to the rim with explosives. Yeah, I can remember that explosion pretty well. I was all the way on the outskirts of the town, but I could still see clear as day, even though it was night. It was like fireworks in the sky, if the sky was on the moon we were on. Was there a sky? I don't remember, can you consider a planet to have a sky if it doesn't have an ozone? I mean, you could still look up and see other planets and stars, so I suppose you could consider it had a sky from that perspective. Then again, you can do all that from a spaceship, and no one would say that there's a sky in space, right? Right, space is just space, ain't no sky there. I wonder if you could consider the surface of the sun to have a sky. Not that you could survive there. That baby has a surface temperature of 5,505 °C. Did you guys know that? Of course you didn't, my mistake, but I'm sure you already knew the sun was way too hot to stand on, so the point is moot I suppose. I think the sun has a sky. I'd like to think so at least. If I ever get the chance to stand on the sun, assuming I could do so without dying, I think I'd enjoy looking at the night sky. Oh wait, it's the sun, there wouldn't be a night. I wonder if you could even see the other planets from the surface of the sun. Putting aside their distance, it'd be like looking outside into the darkness from a lit room, right? Can't see out there. So I wonder if it would even be a sky worth looking at. You know what? On second thought, I don't think I'd ever bother trying to look up from the surface of the sun into its sky. Too much chance of death for what would likely amount to you just staring up into space. And let's face it, if I want to stare into the dark, cruel, abyss known as space, I can do so from the safety of my quarters window from this ship. Yeah, I gotta remember to do that before I go to sleep tonight. I get the feeling it's a sight that could be really intriguing if you're looking at it while pretending you're on the sun. Assuming you ignore the whole potential bursting into flames part, not that that could happen from the comfort of your own quarters on a star ship, am I right? Well, actually, I guess if you were plummeting towards the sun while staring out into space the potential would be there. Then again, if you're moments away from crashing in a fiery inferno with our great star of the solar system as your target, I don't think you'll be spending much time looking out into space."
Gilbert rambles while furiously smashing his keyboard.
"But yeah. Big explosion. Guy died, I lived. Bit too close for comfort though."
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