Jake Carpenter Quotes in Sumuru (2003)

Jake Carpenter: Oh, and Adam...

Adam Wade: Yeah?

Jake Carpenter: Tell the Queen friend of yours that I checked the base logs up until the accident. The quantum reactor blew because of a structural weakness with the inner tubing. Probably a freak reaction of the plans, weren't off beat radiation. But no judgment, no light of death and sure as hell no fault of the engineers, male or female.

Adam Wade: Yeah, thanks for the info Bud.

Sumuru: So we were wrong all along? But...

Adam Wade: Oh, it's natural. I think after a disaster everyone looks for someone to blame. I guess it helps to channel pain into anger. That's human.

Sumuru: But our society, our beliefs - It's all based on a mistake?

Adam Wade: Yeah, I think most of Earth's cultures were based on a mistake, some form or other. It's making the best of it that counts. Maybe now you can do that.