No I'm not. I'm not someone who was extraordinarily talented at anything right out the gate. I have every intention of riding Raul's coattails until I get a little older. Once I'm thirty or so people might stop looking past me. They'll see I've been there all along. And they'll probably see I planted one of the knives sticking out of Raul's back... but that's only in the case of him eventually going mad.
[Which he actually sort of believes could happen. Franz has seen a lot to make him lose faith in men like Raul.]
--But it would help to have a degree from one of our fine institutions., at some point. Even if I'd become a diplomat, it's not like they let you talk to the aliens right off.
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[Which he actually sort of believes could happen. Franz has seen a lot to make him lose faith in men like Raul.]
--But it would help to have a degree from one of our fine institutions., at some point. Even if I'd become a diplomat, it's not like they let you talk to the aliens right off.