Year: 1947 - Timeline B
Place: Three Squares and an Ale restaurant, Glasgow, Scotland
Dialogue: Dani and the office secretary, Beth
Time: After a two-hour train from Edinburgh to Glasgow, and one hour to finish up a meal
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Beth: "Now, how is it Dani? You have been behaving well since we arrived at Glasgow."
Dani: "It's easy when someone's behind you, putting a gun in the small of your back."
Beth: "Whatever-your-name, learn this. Good behavior is rewarded. Bad behavior punished."
Dani: "What am I supposed to glean from this Chinese-fortune-cookie saying of yours?"
Beth: "First off, it means you put away a lot of money in the case for your electronics."
Dani: "Well, I don't see how my old money fits into our going off to see George Orwell."
Beth: "What I gather from the writings on your laptop as you referred to it."
Dani: "What did you gather, pray tell? And I'll need your real, actual, name sooner or later."
Beth: "Call me 'Beth,' I said. I learned we have months before we need to go meet Mr. Orwell."
Dani: "Yes, but we shouldn't wait until the last minute. Better safe than sorry, as they say."
Beth: "So, with all those months, it means you'll remain in the hotel room for as long as it takes."
Dani: "Is that a threat? How about I call you 'Your Highness' again? Will that help?"
Beth: "Here's the deal. You'll be tied up and gagged 'til you comprehend the word 'compliance.'"
Dani: "Alright, out of curiosity, how is that going to happen."
Beth: "It is simple. You'll agree to do good things for me, or have bad things happen to you."
Dani: "I'm not sure what wavelength you're on, but I'll play along. How does this work?"
Beth: "Once we go back to our two-room accommodations at the hotel we will begin."
Dani: "I'm following. If you calm down, I'll refer to you however you want, ‘Your Majesty.’"
Beth: "To start, first you will be tied by the neck to the bedpost. There will be almost no slack."
Dani: "We've already scoped out the place, and I remember the bed and posts. So, what?"
Beth: "Your hands will stay free. I'm tired. Your first act will be painting my fingernails."
Dani: "Let me say right off - that's not happening. And... you can't shoot me. You need me."
Beth: "True, I don't know the procedure to acquire DMA. You'll tell me while giving the manicure."
Dani: "If we're going to do this, we'll be equals. The laptop tells how to do it just partly."
Beth: "One day soon you're going to tell, as you give a manicure, or I'll do something bad to you."
Dani: "Hang on a sec. If you do what I just said - kill me - you won't understand any of this."
Beth: "My lass, if you don't do what I say, my knife will carve a scar onto your angelic face."
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