How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
"The Ancients' terrible thunder-weapons had blasted their static cities and poisoned the earth and sky." (21.30)
In case we didn't get it already: military technology kills and poisons the earth. Why isn't more effort put into technology that saves people and heals the earth?
Quote #8
His department is always keen to find new and inventive ways to kill people. (25.7)
This is a blunt way to put this, and it makes Dr. Vambrace seem really evil (he kind of is). But Dr. Vambrace's technology isn't all that different from the bombs and missiles we already have; it's just that we don't always think of these things as "new and inventive ways to kill people."