Apocalypse to Order

"— My mother lives with her sisters three kilometers from the sea," Osman says in his characteristic manner, jerking his chin, and continues, "the money they pay here is certainly not small, but if we need to send an impulse toward the sky above my house, then I won’t do that…"

— What difference does it make where, you highland fool? It all depends on the strength and duration of the impulse, not on the direction. The Earth is round! What were you doing in physics-math, studying or poking around with blonde girls? — Jan Andrzejsky, it seemed, couldn’t speak seriously at all, and any phrase he said came out like a separate joke.
— This garbage doesn’t work precisely, aim it.
— So what? — Osman frowned. — Making a storm in neutral waters is one thing, but traveling through populated areas— that’s another."