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"The best client is a scared millionaire."
Anonymous legal saying.

"A story is told about the mournful song of swans at their death—a false story as I judge 
on the strength of a certain number of experiences."
[Olorum morte narratur flebilis cantus, falso, ut arbitror, aliquot experimentis. 
Iidem mutua carne vescuntur inter se.]
Pliny, Natural History, Book X, Chapter 32. 

Victoria's Secret models train [Imagine Dragons] — Whatever it takes 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjTQiWHj418

"How oft when men are at the point of death Have they been merry, which their keepers call 
"A light'ning before death!"
William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act V, scene 3, lines 88-90 ["Cignea cantio" or their swan-song.]

Hellman will imprint Yorinobu on V to be father of Saburo. Arasaka faithful congregate; Aldecaldos killed. 
Arasaka's biochip repeats failures, attempting revivals of Saburo in Dexter. V's shard wrote Evelyn Parker. 
V plays assigned assigned role: depositor of Saburo through damaged biochip. Shard can rebuild Jackie.

"Once long ago there was a thief, who was caught and brought before the king. The king, a law & order enthusiast, 
ordered that the thief be put to death immediately. This thief however had style. He immediately came back 
with a proposition. "Your majesty", he said, "most mighty and wise ruler. You have spoken. Before I depart I would 
like to offer you a gift. If your eminence can spare me for a year and a day, I will teach your horse to sing." 

The king roared with laughter. It was a preposterous bargain from a thief with nothing to sell. 
Yet, thought the king (who liked a punt when the race was rigged), this is costing me nothing. Why not? 

Back in the dungeons, the assembled felons were agog. "How the hell", they asked the thief, "are you going 
to teach a horse to sing?" The thief flicked a cigarette ash off his frayed cuff, and winked. "Brothers", he said, 
"now I have a year and a day. In a year and a day the king might die; there might be a palace coup. The horse 
might die. Or, who knows, that damned horse might learn to sing hymns." 

Ursula K. Le Guin, The Horse That Learned to Sing. [Mr. Micawber's motto: allow time for something to turn up.]