Blakes 71978

Kerr Avon:
Shut up, Tarrant.

Del Tarrant:
Did you say something to me?

Kerr Avon:
I said, "Shut up." I apologize for not realizing you are deaf.

Del Tarrant:
[approaches Avon] There's something else you don't realize. I don't take any orders from you.

Kerr Avon:
Well, now that's a great pity, considering that your own ideas are so limited.

Del Tarrant:
Don't try and bluff your way with me, Avon. I know what's been needling you right from the start. With Blake gone, you thought you'd got it made, didn't you? Thought you'd got control of this ship and a crew of three who'd say, "Yes, Avon. Whatever you want, Avon." But you reckoned without me.

Kerr Avon:
That wouldn't be too difficult.

Del Tarrant:
Oh, really? I don't think so. When you found me on the Liberator, it was quite a blow. And every time you look at me, it hits you harder, doesn't it? I'm faster than you and I'm sharper. As far as it goes, I've made a success of my life. But you? The only big thing you ever tried to do you failed at. The greatest computer swindle of all time... but you couldn't quite pull it off, could you? If it hadn't been for Blake, you'd be rotting on Cygnus Alpha right now. No, you failed, Avon. But I win. Not just at games, at life.

Kerr Avon:
[turning away] You also talk too much.

Del Tarrant:
Be thankful I'm restricting myself to talk.

Kerr Avon:
[turning back] Well now, that's fascinating. You mean you can do something else?

Dayna Mellanby:
[stepping between them] Oh, stop this. What are you doing? Warming up to cutting each other's throats?

Del Tarrant:
[turns away] Avon. Do you want to forget I said all that?

Kerr Avon:
It wasn't particularly memorable.

Dayna Mellanby:
We need sleep. All of us. Even you need sleep, Tarrant.

Del Tarrant:
And tomorrow, everything will look different?

Kerr Avon:
If it does, you can assume you're on the wrong ship.