John: Where's the you-know-what?
Rygel: I knew you wouldn't come back just for me!
John: What'd you do with it?
Rygel: It's safe and sound.
John: Did you swallow it?
Rygel: Swallow it? Yes. Yes. Which means you're going to have to take me back as I am or disembowel me here.
John: Don't you tempt me, Fluffy.
John: Fine. Yes. You're right. We know almost nothing about the Tavloids.
Aeryn: Tavleks.
John: Whatever. Tavloid...Tav...We do know they will pay us to haul cargo which they're not going to do if you go in there doing your...John Wayne impression.
Aeryn: John Wayne? Who's that? A relative?
John: John Wayne? No. The big guy. "True Grit," "The Searchers," "The Cowboys," "Genghis Khan." Uh no, look, forget about Genghis Khan - everybody makes a bad movie. But the point is...
Aeryn: Look. No. The point is that I'm not going to meet that shuttle unarmed. Simple as that.
John: Kung Fu! Kung Fu never carried a gun.
Chosen answer: It's never explained. John mentions a theory that his less technologically developed craft simply interferes with the wormhole less than the "superior" Vipers, but they never make a concrete determination on that point. But we also have to take into account the fact that Moya traverses wormholes with no ill effect as well.
Garlonuss ★