[ laurence may or may not agree, but whatever he thinks about it, he doesn't say. ]

If it makes you feel any better, I wasn't watching. [ one less person to see him look ridiculous or whatever. ] I get it, though. If it were me, I'd do the same thing.

[ distance is all he's good for, in more ways than one. ]

It's too slow, is the problem. More people are going to die if it keeps up like that, and we hardly even know where to start.