If that's what they're trying to do then they're sure taking their time about it.

[Says Ricki, sipping his coffee, admitting;]

I honestly don't understand it. You can crack a captive population much quicker and much cleaner than this. It's simply true that if someone with this level of power over us wanted us to be insane, we would be by now.

[Maybe they already are. His hands sure won't stop shaking just yet.]