#also kind of rotating duvall and mat cauthon on parallel axes in my mind. the part in bell metal where duvall is like ‘nowhere did it say

[aldieb]

gathering data…

pickman: i think you’re as big a fool as lyke is

duvall: i think i’m a slightly smaller fool than lyke is […] lyke is dangerous and foolhardy and i am cautious and just kind of accepting of the way the world works in terms of doing favors for people and having them owe you one