About Time

Victor tossed his book on the table. "Come on, Macarthur, you explain it if you can. Why are we reading this stuff? What possible relevance does some dead Argentine's twisted joke of a murder mystery have to Virtual Reality?"

"Well," Macarthur replied, "it's about time."

"About time we started getting past this bullshit."

"What he means," Amanda interposed, "is that the story claims to contain a riddle whose answer is 'time.'"

"I hate riddles."

"Oh well," Macarthur said, looking at his watch, "I'm not real fond of time."