And it’s not just the Union◦— it’s all the races all over this part of the universe, all of them deciding to do the easy thing rather than the simple but difficult thing. Maybe what it will take is a great meeting of all the species, where they decide to share worlds instead of fighting each other for them. But God knows it’s hard enough even trying to get humans to agree on something. Getting all the species together would take a miracle, and about twenty years.
Still, we can hope. We can certainly hope. And that’s what I’d ask you to do: Hope for peace. Because I know that I would love to be able to lay down my weapon and get to being a colonist. Just like you are. Just like I want to be.
Thank you, thanks for your attention, and good night.
(applause)
Copyright
Questions for a Soldier
Copyright © 2005 by John Scalzi.
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Cover and interior illustrations
Copyright © 2005 by Bob Eggleton.
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Electronic Edition
ISBN 9781596064683
Subterranean Press
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