STACK: The stage must be set. The moment of the sale, of the final revelation does not come randomly. A seed does not germinate on hard, dry earth. The ground must be plowed, watered, fertilized. You know what I have, Karen? Faith. I have faith in the ability of the American people to be overcome with desire. Not just wistful longing. I'm talking about lust--lust to be important. A craving to feel that they are more than ants on the sand hill of time. They will pay money to have the magnifying glass pass over them, to make a direct, searing connection between them and the sun. And the whole combination is already in place, the ants, the sun, the glass, but it takes the right person to provide focus, to line things up in just such a way. I'm the right man to do it.
