“Oh. Um, Jeez, darn it, Joe. Why didn’t you tell me to monitor COMSEC on Earth?” “My bad. I am very, very sorry about that.” “Well, it’s too late now. Multiple top secret files about the solar flare proposal have just been posted to the internet, by an anonymous source code-named Deep Sinus, and-” “Deep Sinus?” I choked on the word. “Come on, knucklehead. Deep Throat is already taken.” “Uh-” “Do you want me to do this or not?” “I have no knowledge of anything you may or may not be doing.” “Oh. Right.” “Thanks. Hey, I’m glad we never had this talk, if you know what I mean.”
