Quark, listen. I'm working on a crime novel, but I've hit a wall in my writing. It's not truthful anymore—phony, artificial. I'm having trouble creating real, flesh-and-blood characters, especially nefarious ones. If you could just let me just watch and listen as you pull off whatever it is you're going to pull off, it could really help me out. You could give me insight. I could even model my lead character after you.
Lesson number one: no one involved in an extralegal activity thinks of themselves as nefarious.
Sorry.
I'm a businessman, okay? Now, if you're interested in learning more about my business, I think that could be arranged.
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