"Liberty!"
"You've heard of it?"
"Yeah, you're pretty unpopular, aren't you?"
"Unpopular? Let us say that all of Terran officialdom is dedicated to exterminating us."
"The committee on something-or-other asked me about my attitudes toward the Liberty party," said Craig, rising to a sitting position on the cot.
"And at the time you had a lack of attitude, which most likely was unacceptable to them," supplied Cocteau, smiling. "Well, you may be interested to know that you are considered one of us by most of Terra just now."
"What?"
"That is correct," said another of the group. "It seems you were in a bar in—ah—in a somewhat less than fully conscious state...."
"But I didn't know anything about the Liberty party."
"No, nor is it alleged that you actually mentioned the party in so many words," continued the white-haired man, smiling. "But it seems that you did make certain statements in the presence of certain persons that did indicate a definite predilection...."