“Is that true?” I tried to laugh but coughed instead. “What, that I’ll be back? I certainly hope so.” “You’re not going to be in the hospital for weeks? Because that looks like a bullet hole in your shirt.” “As the Black Knight famously said, that’s just a flesh wound.” “The Black Knight always triumphs!” Perry beamed. Monty Python is like catnip for nerds. Once you get them started quoting it, they are constitutionally incapable of feeling depressed.