"Yes, this is Kirk Lander speaking, Your Excellency," said Kirk. He'd learned that Brock liked it a lot when people addressed him as an Excellency. He immediately became more pleasant.
However, this time Kirk's calculations misfired. Carlton Brock snarled:
"Stop sounding so pleased with yourself, Lander. You're sitting on a rebellion. We are all sitting on a rebellion! We're a step away from a revolt. A fucking revolution!"
"I know things are bad in some state territories," Kirk said soothingly. "But they are peaceful here, Your Excellency. Well, I had a group of demonstrators come to my residence, but they dispersed after I talked to them."
"What the fuck are you talking about! I just got some numbers from California. Over a hundred riots in the past six days!"
