Friday 20 April 2007

Tales From the Front: Kiki and Weiss (Part Two)

WEISS to KIKI:

Human Advance of Lutter Farm – Further Notes: I suggest a typically late night scouting trip to sort out the what with, the why with, and, beyond and above, the why not. The Milking Machines alone are enough for them to seize a sizable chunk of British Assets (that’s to say baby asses, but we’ll not get into the mule debate here(2)). Also of note are the radical Bee hives, consisting largely of wax-producing starlings. I hear that at the end of every Season they empty the entire contents of each Hive, forming a heady mix of wax and starling, the necessary materials for creating a “New Moon”, if you will. We shall, no doubt, explore this further.

KIKI to WEISS:

The very concept of the wax-producing starling is frightening indeed. Each starling unit, it would follow, would be self-sufficient. If what you say is true, the founding of a Human Advance colony (I use the term “colony” with the utmost of contemptuous irony) would not require a Crane or the Machinery of Wax. The Human Advance Advance (H.A.A.) will therefore be swift and biting. Oh, dear Lord!

WEISS to KIKI:

The H.A.A. must not be contemplated, Kiki – you know where that will lead us. Soon we shall lose trust for each other if we follow that track. We must, therefore, harness Anti-Advance, or at least find them and forge some form of alliance. Only then, sweet comrade, will we stand any chance in this bitterest of wars…

KIKI to WEISS:

Beware of Counter-Advance (or Anti-Advance if you prefer, I suppose…) – we may have a common loathing for Human Advance, but remember, bold Weiss, that their motives are flawed and their methods dangerous and potentially very damaging to our longer term goals. However, and I say this with heavy heart, it may ultimately be what is required. One cannot afford to be all fluffy, as a rabbit might be. Or even, if it came to it, a hare…


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(2) A previous, abortive, theoretical resistance to HA had been considered, in some quarters, revolving around the mule model of cross-fertilisation – zebrasses, zebrinnies, etc.

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