‘Now,’ she said, ‘there, see it? Wait. There. There again. And there. Easy to miss.
That’s it. Cuts in every hour and twenty minutes
with a squirt transmission to their comsat. We could live for a year on what she
pays them weekly in negative interest.’
‘Whose comsat?’
‘Zurich. Her bankers. That’s her bankbook, Jack.
That’s where the money goes. Crow Jane was right.’
I stood there. My arm forgot to click.
‘So how’d you do in New York, partner? You get anything that’ll help me cut
ice? We’re going to need whatever we can get.’

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      ‘Now,’ she said, ‘there, see it? Wait. There. There again. And there. Easy to miss.
That’s it. Cuts in every hour and twenty minutes
with a squirt transmission to their comsat. We could live for a year on what she
pays them weekly in negative interest.’
‘Whose comsat?’
‘Zurich. Her bankers. That’s her bankbook, Jack.
That’s where the money goes. Crow Jane was right.’
I stood there. My arm forgot to click.
‘So how’d you do in New York, partner? You get anything that’ll help me cut
ice? We’re going to need whatever we can get.’