But what about all the people who don't have a talent? What if you thought you had more than one, or you grew out of it, or you just couldn't do it any more, but you were stuck with the same expectations? You keep saying it in the singular, so I'm guessing you don't get any do-overs. [He's vaguely recalling this one weird thing the Mustang who was here mentioned to him a while back...] It's a little creepy when you think about it, to be honest. Even if you leave the ass-stamping part out.

[None of this is dispelling his overly bureaucratic mental image, by the way.]