““I don’t trust you.”
“Of course you don’t. I know I wouldn’t. And I’m not asking you to. I’m not putting you in a situation in which your trust of me is even remotely relevant. I’m just pointing a gun to your head and giving you orders.””

— Alastair Reynolds , book Chasm City

Source: Chasm City (2001), Chapter 26 (p. 424).

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