the shepherds
"Guy? If you read me, come back. Repeating Guy, if you read me, come back."
"He sounds a little frantic."
"I know you're there with your ears on, Guy, come back."
"Everybody who thinks they need us sounds frantic."
"I think you should at least answer."
"What is it, Cyrus?"
"I'm imagining since the internet is crippled, you don't know the evening's events?"
"Mercifully, we know exactly squat."
"D.C. is gone."
"Gone?"
"Everything within 100 miles of the House."
"Nuclear?"
"Yes."
"Did we have SIGINT or HUMINT?"
"Nothing."
"So best guess is a patriot."
"We think so."
"McVeigh was a patriot."
"Don't start on about McVeigh again, Guy, not now."
"Why are you telling us this?"
"Because you need to know who the DS was."
"We get a little queasy when folks use the words 'need to know' around us."
"You do need to know."
"Ok, who's the DS?"
"Chaney Richardson."
"If you're guessing Straussians did this, you know they never actually need to do anything overt, right? The only conspiracies that ever work have no moving parts."
"I know. But, ... uhm ...my wife made a deal with Karen Templeton."
"So Chaney Richardson sits in Blue Mountain waiting to swear on a Bible he doesn't believe in?"
"Not exactly, no."
"What do you mean 'not exactly'?"
"You have to take this trip, you need to take this trip."
"Not a chance, Cyrus, this is home, this is where we stay." ... "What do you mean by 'not exactly'?"
"I'm not going to make it, Guy. I'm dying myself. I bequeath to you my karmic burden."
"That's not fair, Cyrus."
"Nothing is. At least my own chemicals are taking me down. You must love the irony."
"We need to talk this over with our family."
"No you don't. I'm saying the words, you know the rules, the oath is binding, The Shepherd's Crook is passed to you."
"You sure she understands one step in our path buys her a bullet to the brain."
"Ever full of charm and wit. She understands."
"Shut up, for minute Cyrus."
"Guy?"
"Cyrus, you have any idea why the designated survivor is in Cheyenne Mountain & not Blue Mountain, Virginia?"
"No, I have no idea."
"Cyrus?"
"What?"
"You'd have been better off to stick with 'not exactly'."
"He sounds a little frantic."
"I know you're there with your ears on, Guy, come back."
"Everybody who thinks they need us sounds frantic."
"I think you should at least answer."
"What is it, Cyrus?"
"I'm imagining since the internet is crippled, you don't know the evening's events?"
"Mercifully, we know exactly squat."
"D.C. is gone."
"Gone?"
"Everything within 100 miles of the House."
"Nuclear?"
"Yes."
"Did we have SIGINT or HUMINT?"
"Nothing."
"So best guess is a patriot."
"We think so."
"McVeigh was a patriot."
"Don't start on about McVeigh again, Guy, not now."
"Why are you telling us this?"
"Because you need to know who the DS was."
"We get a little queasy when folks use the words 'need to know' around us."
"You do need to know."
"Ok, who's the DS?"
"Chaney Richardson."
"If you're guessing Straussians did this, you know they never actually need to do anything overt, right? The only conspiracies that ever work have no moving parts."
"I know. But, ... uhm ...my wife made a deal with Karen Templeton."
"So Chaney Richardson sits in Blue Mountain waiting to swear on a Bible he doesn't believe in?"
"Not exactly, no."
"What do you mean 'not exactly'?"
"You have to take this trip, you need to take this trip."
"Not a chance, Cyrus, this is home, this is where we stay." ... "What do you mean by 'not exactly'?"
"I'm not going to make it, Guy. I'm dying myself. I bequeath to you my karmic burden."
"That's not fair, Cyrus."
"Nothing is. At least my own chemicals are taking me down. You must love the irony."
"We need to talk this over with our family."
"No you don't. I'm saying the words, you know the rules, the oath is binding, The Shepherd's Crook is passed to you."
"You sure she understands one step in our path buys her a bullet to the brain."
"Ever full of charm and wit. She understands."
"Shut up, for minute Cyrus."
"Guy?"
"Cyrus, you have any idea why the designated survivor is in Cheyenne Mountain & not Blue Mountain, Virginia?"
"No, I have no idea."
"Cyrus?"
"What?"
"You'd have been better off to stick with 'not exactly'."
