— Why don't you come down, just the pair of you, for the weekend? I'd love to have an opinion of a paleobotanist as well. I've got a jet standing by at Choteau.
— I'm sorry. This isn't possible. We just dug up a new skeleton...
— I could compensate you by fully funding your dig...
— This is a very unusual time.
— The timing is... for a further three years.
— Where's the plane?
Creditor — one of a tribe of savages dwelling beyond the Financial Straits and dreaded for their desolating incursions.