"Morden is the mongoose."

So what's needed now is a conveniently placed cobra....

jms

I think you're being far, far too literal in looking for snake
imagery....

jms

There would have been more than one answer that would have sufficed,
but one answer was better than all the rest. Just the right mix of
resentment, nostalgia, ambition, frustration and a sense of displaced
destiny. Londo was hitting all those cylinders when he answered Morden's
question.

jms