Elmer Allen said, his face wearing its usual all but sullen expression. "How about you?"
Homer said evenly, "I've already taken my stand."
Kenny Ballalou yawned and said, "I've been in this team for three or four years, I'm too lazy to switch now Besides, I've always wanted to be a corrupt politician. Can I be treasurer in this El Hassan regime?"
"No," Homer said. "Bey?"
Bey-ag-Akhamouk said, "I've always wanted to be a general. I'll come in under those circumstances."
Homer said, his voice still even. "That's out. From this point in, you're a Field Marshal and Minister of Defense."
"Shucks," Bey said. "I'd always wanted to be a general."
Homer Crawford said dryly, "Doesn't anybody take this seriously? It's probably going to mean all your necks before it's through, you know."
Elmer Allen said dourly, "I take it seriously. I spent the idealistic years, the school years, working for peace, democracy, a better world. Now, here I am, helping to attempt to establish a tyranny over half the continent of my racial background. But I'm in."
"Right," Homer said, the side of his mouth twitching. "You can be our Minister of Propaganda."