"See, if I'm thirsty, I don't want a glass of water, I want you to sympathize. I want you to say, 'Gloria, I too know what it feels like to be thirsty. I too have had a dry mouth.' I want you to connect with me through sharing and understanding the concept of dry mouthedness."

The double punch of glorious cult '80's action films:

Vladimir Taltos, as written by Stephen Brust, is pretty damned awesome.