45 Minutes of Airtime Later

Point 1: Don't tell Viki, but she is being replaced.

Point 2: "Free", my foot.

Point 3: Mumbled Customer Service lines designed to inspire confidence:

• "If this screen would just quit wobbling around..."
• "Where's the continue button? There it is. Finally."
• "You'll just hear some brief silence..."
• "And that will be...let's see...two and forty-nine..."
• "I knew it was going to do that. I knew it would."

Point 4: If you need to reach me, leave a message on my personal Morse telegraph key.