Sam Lavelle

"Lavelle."

"Sir?"

"Resume previous course and speed."

"Aye-aye, sir."

"One "aye" is sufficient acknowledgment, Ensign."

"How would you like to be a spider under that table?"

"What?"

"A spider under the table."

"Is that like a fly on the wall?"

"I guess so."

"My grandfather was Canadian, you know."

"Really?"

"Aren't you one, too?"

"A grandfather?"

"No. Canadian, sir. Canadian."

"No, I grew up in Alaska."

"Oh. Well… they both… get a lot of snow."

"Yeah."

"It was good talking to you, sir."

"Yeah."