"'The year is 1987 'and NASA launches the last of America's deep-space probes." "'In a freak mishap, Ranger 3 and its pilot, Captain William "Buck" Rogers, 'are blown out of their trajectory into an orbit which freezes his life-support systems 'and returns Buck Rogers to Earth 500 years later.'" "(Buck) The Ruathans are honouring the truce." "They're allowing ships through their blockade." "So Madrea is able to get the supplies?" " 'But they're not exporting much barbarite.'" " We're well aware of that." "You look like something the cat dragged in." "Why is it that for once I know exactly what you're talking about?" " Negotiations aren't going well?" " Not at all." "If the Ruathans reinstate a full blockade around Madrea, we must declare war." "Have a little faith in Theo." "He can talk the quills off a porcupine." "You know that." "I do?" "'Here." "Maybe this will cheer you up.'" " You like it?" " 'It's beautiful.'" "It's yours." "At least it will be after dinner tonight at my place, 1900 hours." "Having you check out Madrea was my idea." "I owe you the favour." "I was hoping you'd say that." "I'm picking up something on the distress channel." " 'I'll call you when I land.'" " Deering out." "'This is Earth Starfighter 1314." "Can I be of assistance?" "'" "(Woman) Our orbit is decaying." "The power units are down." "We have no repair equipment, we're drifting." "I've got a fix on you." "I'm on my way." " He sounded good-looking." " You say that about every Terran." "No, this one had a nice, good-looking voice." " Why don't you switch on video, OK?" " OK." "But ten credits says he's fat and has a nose like a subspace relay." "OK." "This is Earth Starfighter 1314." "I'm approaching at 50 degrees." "This is the space yacht Aurora." "We have you on scanner." "(Mouthing)" "Do you have video transmission capability?" "'Sure do." "'How's that?" "'" "Fine." "Couldn't be much better." "'What can I do for you?" "'" "My sister and I were hoping you could give us a tow back down to Zantia." " That's our home." " 'Zantia's a closed colony." "'Earth ships aren't allowed to land there." " 'I can come and check out your engines.'" " No, a tow is all we're after." "Right now, anyway." "The Zantian authorities will let you in, I'm sure." "After all, we're natives." "And this is an emergency." "'OK." "Stand by for a tractor beam and I'll see you in the spaceport.'" "Ten credits, Linea." "You owe me ten credits." " No, I don't." " Don't you think he's good-looking?" "No." "I think he's gorgeous." "'Earth Starfighter 1314 to Zantia Landing Control.'" "'You are trespassing in Zantian space.'" "I have a disabled ship in tow, the yacht Aurora." "Request clearance." "'Earth ships are categorically denied clearance.'" "The Aurora has no power." "Would you rather I cut it loose and let gravity take it down?" "'One moment.'" "'You're to follow the yellow landing tracer to Docking Area 2." "'Variation from that course will result in your destruction." "'Zantia landing control out.'" "Thanks." "Welcome to Zantia." "What happened, my dears?" "I just got word you had to be towed in." "The power units went out and we had no repair equipment on board." "That can't be." "I had it out to inspect only yesterday." "And you left it in the maintenance bay, didn't you, Uncle?" "Oh, my." "I'm sorry." "This is the man who towed us in." " We haven't even met." " Properly, that is." " I'm Nyree." " Buck Rogers." "I'm her sister, Linea." " And this is our uncle." " Cassius Thorne." "I'm afraid it's my fault these two were stranded." " I'm sorry for the inconvenience." " That's OK." "But the controller doesn't want me around so I'd better make it short." "But you have to let us thank you." "Uncle, you have friends at the Spaceship Authority." "Tell them to let him stay." "Just for...tonight." " I did have plans back on Earth." " (Nyree) Can't they wait?" "Very few Earth men get to see the things on Zantia that we can show you." " Is that right?" " It's settled then." "I'll speak to the controller." "Linea, you make the dinner arrangements." "Nyree, you show him around." "Sounds good to me." "Don't wear him out, Nyree." "He's got a big night ahead of him." "We deserve a bigger cut for this one, Cassius." " He'll bring a fortune." " You may be right." "In fact, I think the prime minister should have a look at this one." "Since the ineptitude of your human associates seems to have rubbed off on you, Theopolis, let me once again state the central fact." "There's no need to be abusive, Mr Devronin." "(Devronin) Ruathans, not Earth people, settled Madrea." "Therefore, the planet belongs to us." "With all due respect to your view, Mr Devronin, the Madreans would like to decide for themselves who rules them." "Let's stay with the facts, shall we, Dr Huer?" "The Earth has grown dependent on Madrea for barbarite." "How will your generators function without barbarite?" "Our Federation will not turn the Madrean sector over to you." "We made that clear." "That's it, Dr Huer, Theopolis." "Think about it." "Think about the blockade we have around Madrea and how critical Earth's shortage of barbarite will become." "I think a recess is in order." "I'm going to return to our starcruiser." "I expect to hear from you within 12 hours." "Your shuttle is fuelled and ready for takeoff in the main hangar." " There's an escort standing by." " I should hope so." "(Theopolis) Twiki, I'd like to go to the Computer Council Chamber." " You got it." " There are refreshments in the other room." "Help yourself before you leave." "Bidibidi." "You turkey." "Look who you're messing around with, bozo." "We're in a very unfortunate position." "All we can threaten to do is go to war." "If, however, the Ruathans are not honouring the truce..." "Buck said the corridor to Madrea is open." " Fine." "Thank him for the report." " I will." " He's cooking dinner for me tonight." " Oh, I'm sorry." "My, my, my." " Here we are." " Sorry to keep you waiting." "Think nothing of it." "So this is where you ladies live?" " Yes." " No." "I live here." "Linea lives in Tower 4." "Why don't you push on some music while I fix everyone some drinks?" "I hope Centauran brandy is all right with everyone." "It's always been my favourite." "I guess I'm being a little selfish." "Let me get that." "You're our guest." "You should let us serve you." "If I didn't take pleasure in doing it, I wouldn't." "Here you are." "There's one for you." "And one for you." "Bottoms up." "I brought him here because I knew he was the one you've been looking for." "You like?" "I'll be back in an hour." "I want him removed by then." "According to your law, he must go through the same process as the others." "You'll have plenty of time to think of all the money you're going to make on him." "Right now I'd worry about taking care of him." "And fast." "He knows something's going on in there." "That's what I like about him." "(Woman) Ariela!" "Ariela!" "The prime minister sitting on a horse instead of her hands." " This must be important." " Stop it." "You're impossible to reach these days." "In more ways than one." "I had to talk to you before tomorrow." "What?" "About the opposition I've been organising against you?" " Then the rumours were true." " Mother, we're not really opposing you." "It's your policies." "Keeping our planet isolated." "Making outworlders believe there are men here when there are so few." " And passing those contemptible laws." " Out of necessity." " Out of fear." " I'm doing what's best for Zantia." "Best?" "Mother, I'm ashamed to live here." "We're repeating ourselves." "That's not what I came here to do." "I've found a man for you." " He'll be brought to you tomorrow." " No." " I won't go along with that." " Yes, you will." "It's the law." "In all honesty, I've never met anyone quite as funny as you." "There." "The last of the brandy." "No, thank you." " Please?" " No." "Here, you drink it." "'Maybe later.'" "Surely you're hungry by now." "No." "No." "I'd like to know what I'm doing here." "For the past hour, you two have been saying, "Eat this, drink that, smell those."" "Tell me what it is you want with me." "That's easy." "We want you for local consumption, as it were." "Whatever that means, I don't like it." "Is it something I said?" "You're just in this for the kicks." "Be careful!" "We don't want him damaged!" "This is ridiculous!" "Use your weapon!" "You incompetent fools!" "This is just what I wanted to avoid." " The wound won't be noticeable." " It better not be." "He's going to bring us 10,000 credits at least. 10,000!" "Take it easy." "How do you feel?" "There's a little man inside my head, screaming in pain." " It's me." " I'm Parker, captain of the Morning Star." "Buck Rogers." "You received a distress call from two sisters in a disabled ship, right?" "We were heading to Timbil when we picked up the distress signal." "Sounds familiar." "Dr Macon, team archaeologist." " Doctor." " How do you do?" "Anybody know what's going on around here?" "Zantia's always avoided outworlders." "Yet they seem quite well equipped to kidnap us." "Interesting paradox." "This is cute." "It's triggered by body heat." "The closer you get, the more solid they become." "Good." "You are undamaged, Rogers." "You've no idea how happy that makes me." "You're really more valuable than you know." "What's this all about?" "You'll find out soon enough." "You're all going to be disposed of pretty soon." "Disposed of?" "Take it easy, Professor." "You'll give yourself a heart attack." "Not that we'd be losing that much, in your case." "No matter what he's got in mind, there are six of us and only two guards." " Yeah, but they're armed." "We're not." " I still like the odds." "So unless some of you want to be disposed of, listen up." "This is what we're gonna do..." "Still no word from Buck, last night or this morning." " That's not like Buck." " No." "I ran his last known coordinates through central data." "Take a look at the readout." "Morning Star, Clarion, an Arcturan cargo freighter." "They all disappeared in the same sector of space?" "The same one Buck was last reported in." "Doctor, Major Norris knows as much about security for the negotiations as I do." "I'm really not needed here." "You should have your ship made ready for takeoff as soon as possible." " It already is." " Oh?" "I like to be prepared." "And Colonel?" "I'd like you both back." "It's time." "Let's go." "Don't just let them take us!" "Slaughter us like animals!" "No!" "Please!" "We have to stop them!" "They're gonna kill us, do you understand?" "They're gonna..." "I suppose you had to do that to preserve your egos." "Yeah." "Well, so much for a good idea." "Game time is over." "Put the cuffs on them." "Those are armed now." "I wouldn't try anything else if I were you." "You mean these are... (Hissing)" "Are you ready to move quietly now?" "Ariela, you must convince her to do something!" "It's no use!" "Mother will keep pretending there are as many men here as women." "She thinks it's better to do nothing than risk making things worse." "But we must confront the Ruathans!" "That's something we have to do, not my mother." "You've found an army all of a sudden?" "My mother's found a mate for me." "I've discovered that he's a Terran pilot." "His starfighter is in the spaceport." " A starfighter?" " Fully functional and ready to fly." "What would happen if we used it to kidnap an extremely important Ruathan?" "We could bargain for the release of the prisoners." "Exactly." "Parker, you're first." "(Cheering)" " Did you hear that?" " Sounds like a crowd cheering." " Gladiatorial games?" " No, I don't think so." " (Man counting)" " Oh, my Lord." "Listen to that chanting." "I knew it." "Human sacrifice." "(Applause)" "Your turn, Rogers." "All right." "We've a first-class specimen here." "Superb physical condition, high intelligence, obviously a born leader." "Some lucky woman is going to have her hands full trying to tame this one." "Good grief." "Ladies, please get ready." "We start the bidding at 400." "A very low bid to start with on the prime Terran male." "400." "Five." "I see five in the audience." "Do I hear more?" "800." "That's more like it." "This is a valuable property here." "Our psych scanners show an extremely high intelligence quotient, unusual sensitivity, compassion, a ready wit and a strong ethical character." "And 400 more. 1,200." "Do I see more?" "This is a specimen you could hardly afford to pass up." "This is degrading." "I'm worth more than that." "Ladies, this prime Terran male is an excellent investment." "1,600 from the unseen lady on monitor 4." "Do I see more?" " Move around." " What?" "Move around." "Show 'em the merchandise." "Blow it out your nose, Thorne." "All right." "Ladies, I am shocked and appalled." "1,600 is a joke!" "This is a young, attractive, healthy specimen." "2,200!" "That's more like it." "Do I hear more?" "A higher bid, please." "Don't worry." "I won't let you go for less than 5,000." "Thanks." "I appreciate that." "3,000 on the monitor from bidder number four." "Do I hear more?" "The bid is now 4,000." "Do I hear five?" " 10,000!" " I'm gonna get this one." "12,000!" "Going once..." "Going twice... 20,000!" "An excellent bid." "Do I hear more?" "Going once at 20,000..." "Going twice at 20,000..." "Sold to bidder number four, for 20,000 credits." "You should be flattered." "You fetched the highest bid we've ever got here." " Of which you get 10%, right?" " 15." "I have enormous overhead." " Let's go." " Where to now?" "Where else?" "To meet your new mate." "Mate?" "Bidibidi." "Bidibidi." "Get your red hots." "Get 'em while they last." "Here." " What is he talking about?" " I've stopped asking." " You look like leftover dinners." " Thank you, Twiki." " We appreciate that." " Bidibidi." "Any time." " Have you heard from Colonel Deering?" " About 20 minutes ago." "She just left Stargate 20 and was entering the Tauran system." "She should be in Zantian space by now." "Bidibidi." "Lucky stiff." " Stiff?" "What's a stiff?" " You don't want to know." "Earth Starfighter 4332 to vessel in distress." "Can you copy?" "'This is the space yacht Aurora out of Zantia." "'Sorry to bother you." "We had some temporary flux in our starboard engine." " 'It's clear now.' - 'Faulty discharge tube." "I replaced it.'" "You might have exhausted all your options before sending out a distress signal." "'Sorry." "We just didn't think." "'Thank you for responding." "Aurora out.'" "One good distress signal deserves another." "(Wilma) Zantia landing control, this is Earth Starfighter 4332." " I have an emergency." "Please respond." " 'You are trespassing in Zantian space.'" "I have an emergency." "My stabilisers are crippled." "'Earth ships are categorically denied clearance at Zantia's spaceport.'" "All I need is a few hours to repair my ship." "'Earth ships are categorically denied clearance at Zantia's spaceport.'" "If I don't land, I'll crash." " 'Earth ships are categorically denied...' - ..clearance at Zantia's spaceport." "I know." "I don't have time to join you in another chorus." "I'm landing on your planet." "If you want to shoot down a vessel in distress, fine." "But don't be surprised when the Defense Directorate marches in with fighters." "I'm Ariela Dyne." "And you're Buck Rogers." "So what?" "I've just about lost patience with this." "Your auction was almost funny but I'm tired of being led around like a prize bull." " I don't blame you." " What?" "Don't you want to look at my teeth?" "I don't like this either, Captain." "I'd rather live alone than buy a mate." "The plain fact of the matter is... (Beeping)" " Come with me." " Why should I?" "I said come with me." "Please." " What was that all about?" " We were being monitored in there." " By whom?" " Probably my mother." "Or someone who knows I oppose my mother's policies." "My mother's the prime minister of Zantia." "It's beautiful out here." "Reminds me of summers in Colorado." " A long time ago." " Yeah, it is beautiful here." "We had to fight to keep it like this." "The Ruathans tried to invade us." " Really?" " I think we embarrassed them." "Drove them back into space." "Fought them to a standstill." "But most of the men of Zantia were either killed or taken prisoner." "So you hired Cassius Thorne to lure me in here and repopulate the planet?" "Why not just ask for men?" "You'd have lots of volunteers." "We couldn't." "If it were known that Zantia was a world without men, we'd be invaded." " Surely you have enough women pilots." " Not enough." "For years, we let the men handle the defences." "Suddenly the men were gone and there weren't enough of us to train new people." "So you went on with the pretence that your Zantian men were alive and manning the defences?" "We can't do it forever, no matter what my mother thinks." "I hate the lies, and I hate what we do to people like you." "You can negotiate with the Ruathans." "Earth would help." "There's a better way." "We know the Ruathan leader is on Earth right now." " We?" " Others who feel as I do." "And we know the Ruathan negotiator uses a simple shuttle to transport himself from his starcruiser to New Chicago." "With your ship, we could intercept him." " Where does that leave me?" " If you get me into Earth's solar system," "I'll drop you at whatever space station you wish." "No." "You're no pilot." "You'd be no match for the Ruathans." " If I go with you, I go all the way." " Why?" "I like you." "Takes a lot of chutzpah to do what you're doing." "Chutzpah?" "What is that, a disease?" " What's this?" " Some kind of mineral." " Seems to be quite common." " Looks like barbarite." "(Neighing)" "Stop her!" "She heard us!" "A laser fence." "Perfect timing, whoever she is." "She was one of the ladies bidding on me." " She could ruin our plans." " Unless we leave immediately." "Let's go." "Buck is definitely here at Zantia." "His ship was at the spaceport." "You think he's being held by the Zantian government?" "This place is like an armed camp." "I had to "borrow" a uniform to get past the guards at the spaceport." " How are negotiations going?" " They've recessed for an hour." "I'm afraid that's the best I can say about it." "Dr Theopolis is pessimistic." "Very well." "Make sure they're ready." "I gotta go." "I think I've got a lead on Buck." "Deering out." "Dr Theopolis, would you perhaps like to pay a social call to Mr Devronin?" "To keep the communication lines open, more or less." "The two of you should have a great deal in common." "Not as much as you might think, Doctor." "But I'll certainly try." "And Twiki can have a conversation with Mr Devronin's bodyguard, Karsh." " Bidibidi." "Stuff that." " Stuff that?" "What?" " He said he'd love that." " In a pig's eye." "Does that mean you don't want to speak with Mr Karsh?" " You got it." " They're not on the best of terms, Doctor." "I wouldn't advise further contact between them." "Why?" "What's happened?" "Let's just say that on their last encounter, Twiki lived up to his name." "Bidibidbidi." "I gave him a tweak he'll never forget." "Tweak, tweak." "(Chuckling)" "I knew my daughter opposed me but didn't know she'd actually commit treason against me." "I know this must come as a great shock to you but I do have the recordings to prove it." "How is it you came to be spying on my daughter?" "I'd rather not say, Prime Minister." "You'd rather not say." "And what do you expect to gain from telling me this?" "Just the knowledge that I've helped my world." "And I want the Terran pilot, Buck Rogers." "I might have known." "Well, he's yours." "When we find him." "Inform the spaceport that I want a security cordon around the Terran starfighter." "If and when my daughter arrives, I want her brought to me." "Unharmed." " Don't move." " I wouldn't think of it." "That pendant you're wearing belongs to a friend of mine." " Where is he?" " I really don't know." "I think you do." "I'll give you 30 seconds before I fry you inch by inch from the bottom up." "He's with Ariela Dyne at her home outside the city." " Then that's we're going." " You don't need me to take you there." "I'll diagram its location." "Have you heard of a grilled cheese sandwich?" " No." " A friend of mine told me about them once." "Let's say you're the bread." "Hold it over a fire for two or three minutes." "I'm going, I'm going." "They won't stay unconscious for long." "Let's get out of here." "Move!" "Hang on." "Sorry." "Nobody home." "Don't move." "I'm looking for my friend Buck Rogers." " Where is he?" " Tell her about the grilled whaddyacallit." " You're too late." " What?" "What's happened to him?" "You'd better worry about yourself, lady." "Those are the prime minister's guards." "I'm more of an asset than you thought." "The Ruathan negotiator is escorted every day by Earth starfighters." " I know that." " If you approached, they'd shoot first." " But they'll ask me questions first." " Then they'll open fire." "The idea is to do away with that part." " But you're taking a big chance." " I call it a calculated risk." " Thank you." " That's a little premature." " The worst is yet to come." " That's why I'm saying it now." "You must let me go." "You lied in order to land on our planet." "You deliberately disobeyed our laws and trespassed." "And you're in league with a man who started a gun battle in our spaceport." "And yet I'm simply to let you go?" "Please, if what the woman in your daughter's apartment says is true," "Buck and Ariela are going to try to kidnap the Ruathan negotiator." " What chance do they have of succeeding?" " A very good one." "Buck is familiar with all our security procedures and he knows the pilots who are flying escort personally." "My daughter could actually do this?" "Yes, she could, which is sure to end the negotiations." "Earth will lose what's become our primary source of barbarite and Zantia will be open prey once Ariela exposes your vulnerability." "They must be stopped." " The question is how?" " Buck is flying two people in his starfighter." "I could catch up to him in mine and stop him." "Somehow." "See that Colonel Deering gets to her spaceship as quickly as possible." "Thank you." "And Colonel?" "Even though my daughter..." "Even though my daughter is with Rogers... do whatever must be done." "Soon we'll be able to see the Ruathan starcruiser." "How do we know the negotiator will be en route?" "We don't." "But it's mid-afternoon on Earth." "The meeting should break up soon." "We'll wait for him up here." "Entering stargate." "There's the starcruiser. 570,000 kilometres and 50 degrees starboard." "Hello..." " ls that the shuttle?" " 165 degrees port." "You must bring good luck." "We'll know that for sure pretty soon, won't we?" "Hang on." "Earth Starfighter 1314 to escort leader." "Buck Rogers to escort leader." "Do you read?" "Leader to ES 1314." "I've got you on the scanner." " Is that Major Norris?" " Affirmative." "What are you doing up here?" "There's been a change of plans due to an emergency." "Mr Devronin's shuttle is to dock with my ship." "(Devronin) I heard that, whoever you are." "Your request is totally ridiculous." "I have no intention of doing anything but getting back to the company of non-Terrans." "It's not a request, sir." "I'm ordering you to prepare for boarding." " 'Wait a minute, Captain.' - 'There's no time to explain.'" " Don't listen to him, Major." " Wilma?" "I can't let you do this, Buck." " 'Colonel Deering, what's going on?" "' - 'Buck is trying to kidnap Mr Devronin.'" " What?" " 'Buck, clear this vector in three seconds.'" " (Buck) Don't try to stop me." " You'll force Earth and Ruatha to go to war." "'You're jeopardising thousands of lives." "'If you were within my range, I'd shoot you down." "Clear out, please.'" "Major Norris, you know I'm capable of destroying this entire escort." " (Norris) 'Colonel Deering...'" " There's too much at stake, Major." "Open fire." "Full pulsars." " Wilma, I know what I'm doing." " You're sending us right into war!" "'Wilma, you know me." "Trust me!" "'" "He's hit." " I'm going to finish him." " No!" "Ceasefire!" " (Norris, sighing) With pleasure." " Are you all right?" "(Buck) Yeah, we are." "But my starboard defence shield's a mess." " Nice shooting, Major Norris." " Very funny, Captain." "What is going on here?" "I want that man executed." "I suggest you do as he told you and prepare for boarding." "I'll have you executed, too." "I'll have all seven of you executed." "Seven pulsar cannons say you should worry about that later." "All we're going to do is rap." "I beg your pardon?" "Dr Huer, I think you should pick up subspace channel L3." "Some disturbing transmissions are coming in from Deering and Rogers." "She's found him?" "Good." "Where are they?" "What are they doing?" "Bidibidi." "Don't ask." "They were threatening to destroy the Ruathan negotiator shuttle." " What?" " But now it appears they simply boarded it." "Boarded it?" "Surely you must be making some kind of mistake." "Bidibi." "Fat chance." "What is the meaning of this?" "Colonel Deering, you should know this is tantamount to a declaration of war." "Mr Devronin, this is Captain Buck Rogers." "He can explain everything." "I hope." "'Huer to Ruathan space shuttle." "Come in, please.'" "Patch him through." "Let's get this over with." " 'Dr Huer, we read you.'" " Buck!" "What on earth is going on?" "'Just a little impromptu negotiating.'" "Holy Toledo, Doc." "Mr Devronin, this is Ariela Dyne." "She's from Zantia." "You remember Zantia?" "It's an insignificant little planet of insignificant humanoids in the Taurus solar system." "Two years ago, the Ruathans invaded Zantia and killed or captured most of the male population." "Again I ask you, so what?" "I propose that all Zantian prisoners of war be returned home immediately." " In exchange for...?" " Madrea." "'The Earth will relinquish all claim to that colony, 'provided that the Madreans be allowed to leave.'" " He's insane!" " 'Rogers is determined to cut Earth off...'" "Ariela, would you tell Wilma where I found this, please?" "(Devronin) If anything happened to me" " ls this what I think it is?" " I hope." " Zantia?" " (Theopolis) 'I must consult with others...'" "That's a luxury your alleged friend is not affording us." " Buck, I implore you..." " Dr Theopolis, Dr Huer." "Buck knows what he's doing." "Trust him." "Make mine a double, Twiki." "'Docking tubes 5 through 10 cleared...'" "If the Ruathans had known there was more barbarite on Zantia than Madrea" " they'd never have agreed to your terms." " And they wouldn't be releasing prisoners." "The Madrean miners are coming here in droves." "Our male population is booming." "I thought they'd emigrate here." "No one's too crazy about living on Madrea." "Besides, the scenery's much nicer here." "'The Ruathan shuttle has docked." "Please keep the area clear." "'Repeat, please do not enter Docking Area 2." "'Stay in the main concourse.'" " What will happen to your mother?" " She's been removed from office." "She and Cassius Thorne will be tried by the new leadership." "My mother legalised kidnapping." "She made the buying and selling of men a way of life." "Yet she honestly thought she was doing the right thing." "Jayel?" "Well, I guess I'll come back next week and say goodbye." "I'm sure they'd appreciate that." " Besides, you have a dinner date tonight." " I do?" "Oh, I do." "Have I introduced you to the ancient delicacy known as sweetbreads?" "Mm-mm." "Sounds good." "What is it made out of?"