"What happened to the others?"
"If we don't break the bureaucrats loose from that log, we'll never know-and I am a starry-eyed newsboy who thinks we should. Secrecy begets tyranny."
"Ben, he might be better off if they gypped him out of his inheritance. He's very . . . unworldly."
"It's not that easy. Jill, you know the famous case of General Atomics versus Larkin, et al.? ...Think, Jill. By our laws, Smith is a sovereign nation-and sole owner of planet Mars"
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This quote is pulled from a very long discussion about the mystery surrounding the disappearance of the crew of spaceship, Envoy. I think this conversation will lead to Jill and Ben working together to learn more about what Smith's caretakers are trying to cover up. Jill works in the hospital he is being kept in so I think Ben may be using her to gain more sensational stories while occupying her with troubling background information. Jill seems more concerned for Smith's well being while Ben is out to protect him in a more American sense of the word-property wise.
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