"We'd love to pay out the insurance claim on your sunken ship, Theseus, but we can't be sure it was actually your ship that sank."

Ph.D. in Comparative Literature, believe it or not. Occasional game dev. SFWA Associate. See website for bylines/portfolio. Yes, this is actually my name.
"We'd love to pay out the insurance claim on your sunken ship, Theseus, but we can't be sure it was actually your ship that sank."