:16:01
Whatever.
:16:14
You know,
I heard you were a bit of a fuckup.
:16:17
But I gotta tell you, I'm frankly amazed
at how much of a fuckup you actually are.
:16:23
- Am I missing something here?
- It would seem so.
:16:26
Why don't you call Louis
and he'll explain everything to you.
:16:33
I don't know that I know any Louis.
:16:35
Then I guess he hasn't called you
to tell you he doesn't trust you...
:16:39
with a task of this magnitude.
:16:41
That he feels the stakes are too high.
:16:44
- Nope.
- "Nope."
:16:46
I guess he also probably
hasn't called to tell you...
:16:49
that he'd feel more comfortable if there were
two independent, unacquainted...
:16:53
perhaps even mutually hostile
contractors working on this...
:16:56
so they could keep an eye on one another.
:16:59
Nope. There's no reason
for you to take my word...
:17:02
for precisely
how second-rate he considers you.
:17:05
It'd probably make both our lives a lot easier
if you just heard it directly from him.
:17:12
That's good stuff. I had that today.
:17:16
- Excuse me one minute.
- Sure.
:17:22
Louis, you there?
:17:23
I'm here. What do you want?
:17:26
Yeah, there's this...
:17:28
young lady here trying to tell me that...
:17:31
All right, this thing is monumental.
:17:32
Certainly too big for a jerk-off like yourself,
but I had no choice.
:17:36
This thing represents my ass and my future.
:17:39
I want you to work with her and I want you
to watch her as she will be watching you.
:17:43
I want you to know...
:17:45
that I will personally excoriate
anyone responsible...
:17:47
for the tiniest fuckup in this action.
:17:49
- And I want you to understand that.
- Yes, Louis.
:17:53
"Yes, Louis"?
:17:56
Do you happen to know
what "excoriate" means?
:17:59
It's not coming to me at the moment.