The Supreme, after a long pause, finally broke the silence. `You have a bit of an interesting sense of humour there… Midas. Can I call you Midas? You can call me Kriv. I, Kriv, am a great admirer of people like you. Anyway, I understand.`
Midas laughed, though there was no real warmth to his laugh. `Nice to meet you, Kriv. And I believe, my sense of humour is an understatement. The real humour lies in your people's little experiment on this planet.` Midas' eyes gleamed with amusement.
`Taking a bunch of primitive hominids, evolving them forcefully, injecting your ideas into their cultures over time… and all to position them perfectly for the Trials? Now that is comedy.`
