"...Don't fix it," Josecelin agrees. "Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. I look forward to your leadership, my friend." He gives Jean-Claude a mocking salute, toasting him with a glass that is not there.

"Now, down to business. I have a keen desire to see the sunlight again, and you are finally in a position to grant me the means to do so. Will you, oh great leader, condescend to grant this simplest of wishes?"