"It is a beautiful evening indeed, my good people," Strand replied blandly.

"There are quite a few high cliffs alongside this track on the way down," he replied blandly.

"Just saying hello to my friend, sir," he replied blandly.

When asked about this odd behavior, our travel companion blandly replied that he was an attorney.

"Just making sure there is no contact," Johnny replied blandly.

"I'm small potatoes next to the rich on Earth," he replied blandly.

"It shouldn't be too hard," I replied blandly, "since it's the only city north of the river."

"You'd make a grand one," she replied blandly, "especially if you have to change your branch of service."

"It's not at all the thing you do for total strangers," she replied blandly.

To gain a moment's time, he replied blandly, "I don't know what you're talking about."