There's no such thing as an empty threat to the truly circumspect. Fulfillment is the issue... What with revenge, cold phones, and ice-boxes being as they are...

I've got eagle-eye hindsight, and future-tense echolocation. Left eye way ahead of the game, the other an immemorial anchor to the past. The only momentary thing about me is the present. The only gift I ever gave...

But you'll deny the Emperor of Ice-Cream. Always and forever. Because nothing lasts.