[Instrumental Intro] [low, noir, slightly off‑key jazz] Broadcasting from an abandoned pillbox tower somewhere off the coast of Corsica. Tonight — (or whenever we have time) tales of horror, crime, minimum sentencing laws, and, of course, narrative malpractice. Three— I mean four— (we don’t actually have a fourth idea yet, shh, they don’t know that) character studies of the people behind the headlines. White collar. Blue collar. (Dog collar? No. That breaks the tone.) No collar. We got ’em. This is The Mare Presents… Rogues Gallery. [Instrumental Interlude][slightly louder, like someone adjusted the wrong knob] Now onto our first tale: a man of high finance and low morals — the kind of guy who knows a handshake always beats a court case. We present our opening story: The Underwriter...
