- Mac Robinson: [enters Harry's office] Pin's out.
- Judge Harry T. Stone: What happened?
- Mac Robinson: He tried to interrupt Florence.
- Judge Harry T. Stone: [rushing out] Oh, the *fool*! The mad fool!
- Hector Rivera: [while holding Florence "hostage" with a grenade] If you don't shut up, lady, I'm gonna pull this pin...
- Florence Kleiner: Ah, you don't scare me. I was one of the original Angels of Bataan, served in the Philippines. I've seen combat, I've seen bloodshed, I've seen man's inhumanity to man at its best! Where was I?
- Hector Rivera: [helplessly] Oh-nine-hundred hours...
- Florence Kleiner: Right...
- [leans back, remembering]
- Florence Kleiner: The smell of damp khaki filled the air...
- [Hector buries his head]
- Mac Robinson: They said they might be able to get a hostage negotiator over here in...
- [checks watch]
- Mac Robinson: Two hours.
- Judge Harry T. Stone: [aghast] Two hours?
- Mac Robinson: They said all their people are tied up right now.
- Judge Harry T. Stone: Tied up with what?
- Mac Robinson: Rope. They're being held hostage by a militant splinter faction of Up With People.
- Judge Harry T. Stone: [shakes head] It was only a matter of time.