"I don't believe either of us have much of a choice in that regard," Rosalind replies. "Though I suppose we can endeavor to be less entertaining, if nothing else."

This is not a problem Rosalind Lutece has ever had to entertain. She is a brilliant scientist who works in an excruciatingly dense and staggeringly dry field of study. Being less than entertaining is sort of her forte. She even looks boring, between her beige tweed jacket, tie, and prim comportment. She has a face that promises that if you ask a question you will regret having done so when she enters the third hour of a lecture explaining the answer.

"If you are, however, suggesting violent revolution to avoid being amusement, you should perhaps consider that most men who like to kidnap people and put them in mazes are usually fairly amused by violent uprisings."