"He says his stomach aches. He says ... well, he says a lot of things. I gotta warn you, you can’t take everything Al says as gospel right now." Sosik sighed heavily. "Maybe you can talk some sense into him. His wife says you’re great at that." Sosik reached absently into his trouser pocket. "Dr. Penninger, do you mind if I debug you? Normally we’d have our new security guy doing this, but he’s still in Washington."