"I think everyone should have a healthy appreciation for the Shakespearean sonnet," Sam scoffs. "And it wouldn't be trying - it would be succeeding."

He had done plenty of that when he was at Princeton all those years ago but he guesses the arena he plays in now is much bigger than any foolish wordplay he'd done as an undergraduate.

"Anything is better than dwelling on being in a place I don't recognize and not understanding how I got here."