"Now stop the war, honey."
"Yes, dear," Jusa said dutifully. She heaved a great sigh.
"What's wrong?" Kelly asked.
"I just tremble to think of our cities being bombed out of existence and us not able to do anything about it because we've stopped fighting."
"What are you talking about? If we stop fighting—"
"They won't!" she said. "Why should they? It's Earthlike to continue conquering, and if we quit fighting, there'll be nothing to stop them from conquering us completely."
"Nob!" Kelly shouted. "Igor! What can we do about this?"
Nob said, "There would appear to be only one certain solution. I can arrange a meeting for you—" he turned to Beliakoff—"with Lanvi, the President of the Allies."