Daniel replies:
I don't know how you found out the plot of my current work-in-progress, but I assure you I am taking steps. And don't try to deflect my vengence with trying to be cute. You're in trouble.
Have you ever considered the possibility that “Cool Hand Luke” would be more compelling, if it were about a metallurgist, sent to an Inuit village to do community service, to repay massive Girl Scout cookie debt? Is “minty” a mood?
I don't know how you found out the plot of my current work-in-progress, but I assure you I am taking steps. And don't try to deflect my vengence with trying to be cute. You're in trouble.