"Offer myself?" [He actually raises his voice a bit.] "Offer myself?"
[He bites his lower lip up between his teeth for a moment. Then shakes his head.] "Captain. If you know that man like you say you do, like you insist you could never be, you know he takes who he wants as a 'punching bag'.
I asked for help. My warden fled. Friends and associates have discovered it. They've died in my name, and it stopped nothing. Not from him or from anyone else. They just died and suffered uselessly. So yes, I offer myself." [Such a disgusting word. He nearly chokes on it.]
"I'm not taking the phaser. He's going to be angry enough."
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[He bites his lower lip up between his teeth for a moment. Then shakes his head.] "Captain. If you know that man like you say you do, like you insist you could never be, you know he takes who he wants as a 'punching bag'.
I asked for help. My warden fled. Friends and associates have discovered it. They've died in my name, and it stopped nothing. Not from him or from anyone else. They just died and suffered uselessly. So yes, I offer myself." [Such a disgusting word. He nearly chokes on it.]
"I'm not taking the phaser. He's going to be angry enough."