These people don't like to work anonymously. They want you to know who's doing it to you. So this name Simon is probably not an alias. It's probably Simon or some variation.
[reads information off of a rap sheet]
Simon, Robert E. Busted in '86. Extortion. Kidnapping. 10 to 15. Did 7 years for good behavior. Released on a state work furlough two months ago.
Check it. [Rick tosses something to McClane]
Thanks, Rick. Bob Simon was a bankrupt businessman who kidnapped his partner's daughter. He's a ****-up, not a psycho. The guy we're looking for is nuts.
[comes in]
A nut who knows a lot about bombs. We found this in a playground. Professional. Very cool stuff! You know … [thuds the bomb on Cobb's desk] Boom!
You think you should slam it around like that, Charlie?
It's unmixed. You can't hurt it. This stuff is cutting edge. It's a binary liquid.
A what?
Like epoxy. Two liquids. [puts a dab of the clear liquid on Cobb's desk] Now, either one by itself … [hits it with his shoe] you got nothing. But, mix 'em … :[dabs a paperclip in the red liquid, swirls it into the clear] Ricky? [Ricky Walsh moves aside and Charlie throws the paperclip at a chair. The mixture explodes and pops the chair up, startling everyone]
[pissed]
Charlie, you're gonna be wearin' that chair up your ass!!
Christ almighty, Charlie!
[pretending to have not heard them]
Like I said, very cool stuff. Now, with a package like this, you get a warning. Now, the bomb has to arm itself. You'll see the red liquid pump into the clear before it detonates.
How long before?
Ten seconds, two minutes, it could be anything. But once it's mixed...be somewhere else.
