"Don’t move. Don’t dare move a muscle. You don’t want him to think that you’re trying to get away. Just breathe. Just five years ago, I had an extra $200,000 that I would have loved dearly to fund moderate rebels with. Instead, I gave it to the best hitman west of the Euphrates. Now, whatever happens to me tomorrow, he’ll still be out there, keeping tabs. And if, for any reason, you ask him to go, a kind of… countdown will begin. Maybe a week or so later, maybe a year, a decade, when you’re going for a walk in Washington or Manhattan or Kiev, wherever. And you’re… talking about your stock prices… without a worry in the world, and then suddenly, you’ll hear the scrape of a footstep behind you, and before you can even turn around… pop!
"Don’t move. Don’t dare move a muscle. You don’t want him to think that you’re trying to get away. Just breathe. Just five years ago, I had an extra $200,000 that I would have loved dearly to fund moderate rebels with. Instead, I gave it to the best hitman west of the Euphrates. Now, whatever happens to me tomorrow, he’ll still be out there, keeping tabs. And if, for any reason, you ask him to go, a kind of… countdown will begin. Maybe a week or so later, maybe a year, a decade, when you’re going for a walk in Washington or Manhattan or Kiev, wherever. And you’re… talking about your stock prices… without a worry in the world, and then suddenly, you’ll hear the scrape of a footstep behind you, and before you can even turn around… pop!
…you’re gone."