[Night. The large, vaulted hangar that is X headquarters in San Francisco, as described in previous episodes, but now with an American flag and an apartheid-era South African flag draped behind it. ELON MUSK, wearing something like a Superman costume, sans cape, over padding and a girdle to make himself appear more sleek and muscular, but with a matching fanny pack, stands behind his desk, which is festooned with iPads on stands and covered with piles of cash bundled with currency straps, and some items harder to identify. He stares into space. IVAN MUSTER, the young, bland-looking white man with blonde baby-chick hair from the previous Musk episode, stands humbly off to the side; he wears the same Brimble & Clark gun check grey pinstripe suit as before.]
MUSK: Muster, do you know what it means to feel like God?
MUSTER: Well —
MUSK: It is amazing, Muster. Oh, I’ve had experiences, mostly with designer drugs, where I felt other-wordly, above everything. Also when bringing women to multiple orgasm, as I have done, many, many, many times. But! To be the richest man who has ever lived and now —on top of it — the brains behind the election and the rule of the last ever President of the United States — that, Muster, is Godlike!
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