Canon is Neal Stephenson's REAMDE.

[spetsnaz]

I am, regrettably, very busy. No time to be inmate on barge. Must, instead, find Chinese hacker and try not to kill him, and then hope events - and people - become no crazier than they already are.

Perhaps redemption later.

Comments

[patheticvillain]

Why's that?

[spetsnaz]

Because people who are not like me are often very stupid.

[patheticvillain]

Yeah, I bet they are.

There are plenty of stupid people there, too.

[spetsnaz]

This is also not reassuring, as anyone knows who has been in room with many stupid people.

[patheticvillain]

Except in this case it's basically a box of stupid people.

[how does that make you feeeeeeeel sokolov]

[spetsnaz]

Worse.

[patheticvillain]

And you can't escape, seriously, at all, so there's that.

[spetsnaz]

This is very bad time.

[patheticvillain]

There's no good time, buddy.

[spetsnaz]

Yes, but this is very bad time.

[patheticvillain]

Well. Try really hard not to die, then?

[sooooOOOOOOOOO HELPFUL]

[spetsnaz]

I will pass along sentiment to crazy boss.

[patheticvillain]

Tell him you're more useful to him not trapped in space prison.

[spetsnaz]

I think this will have different but similar effect as telling him I have backup plan. Different in wrong direction.

[patheticvillain]

How's that?

[spetsnaz]

It will make him think I am crazier.

[patheticvillain]

So if you're too sane you're crazy, and if you're too crazy you're crazy?