Do you know about friends? It’s when you keep talking to another person for a good while but neither of you sets the other one on fire.” I almost laughed, because that was a two-sided joke if there ever was one, given that he assuredly would be setting me on fire soon. “I see, I see. And what’s the strategic function of this?” “It’s operationally redundant,” he said, just as seriously, “but good for morale.”
