‘I may be a fool,’ replied the Rock Star, visibly stung by Mac’s forthrightness, ‘but I’m the fool who currently knows more about everything than both of you put together.’

‘If that’s the case,’ replied Mac, ‘then perhaps you might give us the benefit of this knowledge.’

‘Why would I?’ asked the Rock Star. ‘What would be the point?’

‘Precisely,’ said Mac so seriously that the Rock Star nodded.

‘I think I see what you mean.’