[ He nods. ] You think the same way they do here. [ Honor, and swords, and liege-sworn oaths. He wasn't unfamiliar with the notion, but.... ]

Where I come from, though, we have a saying: a straight path only leads one place. [ This is 100% bullshit, he just made that up. ] That's why we're in this mess, too. If they were a bit more open minded… [ He lets that thought trail off. ]

I've been working on making gunpowder.