blindman/54; re which metaphor; the beast is voracious and it’s already eating everything we can throw to it. Soon it won’t be enough. That’s when the beast will turn into the rotten ship DC and rats will pour down the hawser ropes and disappear back to hometown, dragging sacks of gold. So, whenever the thing no longer gets enough sustenance, that’s when we break free. Thank goodness our SSBNs with their own launch authority will still be at sea while the commotion is making us vulnerable.