That dam is the only option." Dreyfus insisted: "We need that power to get the radio transmitter working.It""s our only chance of reaching the outside world.We have to find other survivors...We can""t afford any more casualties.We founded this place, you and I, on the idea that power would lead us back to he life we once had.If we can""t stick together, maybe we can""t survive." Malcolm begged for and was allowed three days time to ake a small team into the forest, and try to work out a reconciliatory, peaceful agreement with the lead intelligent ape so that the humans could access the hydroelectric dam in the apes"" territory:Malcolm: Give me three days.The impressive-looking, dignified alien announced that he was on a good will mission seeking peace:"We have come to visit you in peace and with good will.Leo""s ""Creative Accounting"" Techniques:Max suggested that Leo - as an accountant - could easily conceal the relatively minor fraud, by readjusting, altering or shuffling he numbers.Graham researched William Blake""s works, after identifying Lecter""s short quote as a Blake poem, and discovered Blake""s painting, "The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed With the Sun," an illustration of the opening verses of the Biblical book of Revelation, chapter 12.Otherwise, it""s like swimming in an empty swimming pool." Charles is shocked and embarrassed as he wins $500 from the Colonel and roughly $100 from Jean by the end of the evening.