TM 229 - If you could get anyone drunk...
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arrow_of_apollo229 - If you could get anyone drunk, who would it be and what would you do?
Do you think if I got a few ambrosias into Romo Lampkin, he might actually give me some straight answers about my grandfather? Okay, I'll grant you that it'd probably take more than a few, but I'm willing to invest the time and the resources.
Every time Lampkin mentioned Joseph Adama, he described a man I didn't recognize at all. I remembered my grandfather as a warm, brilliant man who let me read his law books and spend time in his study. Later on, I learned about the man and how he practiced law as a public defender.
I have to admit that I could never understand how someone as well-respected and capable as my grandfather could have spent his time and energy on defending the worst kinds of criminals and murderers that Caprica had to offer. The man wrote textbooks on the practice of law, and every time I heard his name spoken, it was with at least a little deference. But if he were alive today, he would be defending people like Gaius Baltar and Jack Fisk and Phelan.
And then I met Romo Lampkin. Behind his sunglasses, he described Joseph Adama as equal parts shyster and hero.
"I hated his guts. He taught me everything I know."
What do you say to that? How do you take it? Lampkin said that my grandfather wanted to know why people did the things they did. And I guess I'm trying to figure that out, too. But that's all he gave me. Like one of his witnesses, I got led around and teased with little bits of truth until I was on the hook and did what he wanted.
And I know he did it. I know how he did it, and I know why he did it, and frankly, I knew it when it happened, so don't mistake me on that much.
But damn it, I want to know more about my grandfather and I don't want to have to go through another Baltar trial to do it.
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Do you think if I got a few ambrosias into Romo Lampkin, he might actually give me some straight answers about my grandfather? Okay, I'll grant you that it'd probably take more than a few, but I'm willing to invest the time and the resources.
Every time Lampkin mentioned Joseph Adama, he described a man I didn't recognize at all. I remembered my grandfather as a warm, brilliant man who let me read his law books and spend time in his study. Later on, I learned about the man and how he practiced law as a public defender.
I have to admit that I could never understand how someone as well-respected and capable as my grandfather could have spent his time and energy on defending the worst kinds of criminals and murderers that Caprica had to offer. The man wrote textbooks on the practice of law, and every time I heard his name spoken, it was with at least a little deference. But if he were alive today, he would be defending people like Gaius Baltar and Jack Fisk and Phelan.
And then I met Romo Lampkin. Behind his sunglasses, he described Joseph Adama as equal parts shyster and hero.
"I hated his guts. He taught me everything I know."
What do you say to that? How do you take it? Lampkin said that my grandfather wanted to know why people did the things they did. And I guess I'm trying to figure that out, too. But that's all he gave me. Like one of his witnesses, I got led around and teased with little bits of truth until I was on the hook and did what he wanted.
And I know he did it. I know how he did it, and I know why he did it, and frankly, I knew it when it happened, so don't mistake me on that much.
But damn it, I want to know more about my grandfather and I don't want to have to go through another Baltar trial to do it.
(343)
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Date: 2008-05-07 12:31 am (UTC)