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One of the most famous images imparted by the ancients to posterity is that of the eternal Sisyphus rolling a boulder up a hill without rest. The conclusion of the parable is well known: steps away from the summit, Sisyphus, through some fated contrivance of the Gods, loses his hold and sends the boulder tumbling back to its nadir. He sighs heavily, and Sispyhus returns to begin his task again, bearing a symbolic weight far in excess of the load he is forced to push. Sisyphus earned his punishment by defying the Gods (and specifically Hades), and his lesson is clear: by the work of day you will find yourself rewarded — or punished — in the longish night of death.
I am writing principally to inform you, Mr. S_____, that your proficiency in the ascendancy of various and differential rock formations is highly desirous to us, particularly with regard to the area of, ahem, "human resources" and, ahem, the betterment of certain of our... "assets". You see, my agency conducts business of an occasionally clandestine nature...
