“Hopefully, he has learned from his past mistakes and will not mismanage the event by not taking enough safety precautions.”

“I did apprise them of the conditions under which they would be permitted to reside in this Colony, and to make all necessary regulations respecting them, should they misbehave themselves.”

“Resist the temptation to listen to these concerns, because they are akin to the Odyssey's sirens in their attempt to entice and misdirect us from our ultimate destination.”

“By applying an electric potential to the neon atoms, the electrons become excited, then emit a photon when returning to normal.”

“A shutter is adjustably mounted in the funnel and adapted to obstruct the passage of light.”

“The Council's inaction has allowed a worsening of conditions at the spot.”