...I asked him to "cherry" that! And he did!!
So, it's MATCH!!! Not a game... If he is a "player", then so am I. (NO PUTARIA, please.)
We're about to take on a matter which, by conventional wisdom, has instilled in its very network a medal of sacred trust and institutional protocols. It may be this mission to which we become chained willingly and perpetually for the benefit of its next generation fan base. One that provides a hidden key to unfolding patterns of almost paranormal proportions, and by whose passage or blind, but lumbering support, a portal could be revealed that comes back to haunt us with alienation at the top.
The welcome-mat is out and there's an audience; a chance to make a bid for what we want. So we need to understand the language of the realm when approaching the threshold, to ask the right questions, and to be prepared to "put our money where our mouth is" when bartering favors at the booth.