"Don't start getting cute, Walton." He sighted his Uzi around the office.
"Nobody screws with you, right?"
"Better believe it, sport."
"Well, I was just wondering, since Noda's tied up at the moment, if you might want to go ahead and make a little money on the side."
"I'm not doing so bad."
"Fine. Since you're not interested anyway, we can just skip it. No big deal."
"Hang on a second." His eyes seemed to be trying to focus as he stared through his gunsights. "What's the play?"
"Merely a wild idea, that's all. I was wondering what would happen if you bought a few call options on those stocks already in the portfolio, then boosted the prices on those too?"
"You mean on those high-tech outfits we were supposed to start selling?"
"Well, the setup's just sitting out there. You've got all that