He snapped back, keenly aware of how high he was above the sidewalk, and wobbled a bit. Gathering courage, Robert started talking out loud to himself. “Why worry about a wobble? You’re going to jump anyway.”
After a deep breaths, Robert straightened up and pressed his back against his office window. He could hear the newsfeed from the monitor suspended from the ceiling…crude down one dollar per barrel and projected to drop through the month…energy futures are holding steady at this point, although experts expect them to drop in the short term…
Robert started perspiring. “Crude dropping, who cares. The Dow is already down ten percent, on top of yesterday’s twenty percent-drop."