Tune in, drop out

-Part IX-

Zoom in. Chill out. No. Not a move. Let me try with my sunglasses on.

Opt in. Roll out. Nope. That's not right. I'll have to shake a little like this. And, oh, there used to be a lever of some kind… Here. There you go. Have another shot.

Languages can be so useful and tricky as the devil. It needs only the smallest bend and there you go: you're someone else. You can walk among your equals, among your superiors and subordinates. You can mingle with the gods. It's all in your head.

Go ahead, try it for, like, a week or two. And then show me what you've got. I'ts frightening the way you can make people believe you're another person entirely. I can never recall who said what when, but these things are precious and should be one of those public domain shit:

The only thing you have to be good at is lying. Once you've mastered that, you're good at everything else.