“What did you waste your money on, now?  Some self-help guru’s prognostications?  Some crackpot financial analyst’s get-rich-quick scheme?” she said.

“No, this will be actual footage, from the future!  Watch!”

He starts it.

Footage from the lab.

White flash.

Then static.

He wasn’t interested in fantasy, anymore. Reality had to be his focus.

He had no patience for allegory anymore. Satire? Might as well waste everybody’s time by avoiding the point.

No.

What he would say next, he would mean. No more dicking around.

He opened his mouth and said, “I…”