There is a sad disconnectedness that overcomes a library when its owner is gone. - Lois McMaster Bujold

"This is important! But you have to stay absolutely cool. I may be completely off-base, and panicking prematurely."
"I don't think so. I think you're panicking post-maturely. In fact, if you were panicking any later it would be practically posthumously. I've been panicking for days."

Some places have religion. Here we have safety drills.

What the hell was HQ thinking of? It seemed extraordinarily obtuse even for them.