The Dual Claim
I knew I was asking a lot, but if we wanted to head this off at the pass, we had to learn from history.
Our history stood in front of me, pacing and muttering.
“It started just like any other war, one bastard wanted what another bastard had,” he snapped. “Sorry, Pup, I don’t mean to growl at ya.”
“No need to apologize. I know your anger isn’t directed at me. But I do think that if we can learn from what happened the last time, maybe we can prevent it from happening again.”
“I appreciate your optimism, Boy, but once this starts... there isn’t going to be a damned thing you and I can do to stop it.”