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This had better be good. I had FinShark extend the debit line.
Gnosti.local ->Boss: <sm>Thx. I have the files; copies in your archive. Date to
2018. Looks like source code. Hang on, I need to get an analyst.</sm>
This case had expenses piling up at an alarming clip. “I don't come cheap,” I
told Pandora. I took a second look at her. She had expensive clothes on, at least by
the contemporary standards of a decade ago. Her nose stud and earrings looked like
diamonds. I doubled the number in my head before blurting it out. “Plus expenses,”
I added.
“Consider it done,” she replied without hesitation. I knew I should have gone
even higher. She authorized the payment with her thumbreader. The bump to my
credit rating was a welcome change.
Hurd.local->Boss: <sm>More resources coming online.</sm>
On my screen popped up Alexandria.943, an archive specialist (with a low PID
indicating great seniority), and CodeMonkey.54026, who I'd worked with on a job
a few years before. It was getting crowded on the local node. The little graph that
tracked Cloud usage ticked upwards. My assembled team was using a significant
fraction of all processing on the local node. Several nearby ones, too.
“OK, I'm already on it,” I said to Pandora. “I've already assembled a crack team
of experts, and we'll provide you with a detailed report on the device's contents, and
the archivist on our team will explain the historical significance, if any, of the data.”
Pandora looked confused. “Already on it? You're just sitting there.”
I tapped at my implant just behind my right ear. “Silent Messaging. I'm the best
at what I do, and that includes the ability to carry on multiple conversations in
parallel.” She arched an eyebrow at this. “Look, you think you can find a better
manager somewhere else, be my guest.”
To her credit, her cheeks colored at this. “No, what I mean is...” She let out
a long breath. “There are family stories about great-grandma. She may have been
involved in. . .
specialized
research. I thought it might need, you know, the human
touch. For a
person
to look at it.”
Boss ->Gnosti.local: <sm>Check the personnel database for grandma. What
have we got on her?</sm>
A near-instantaneous response:
Gnosti.local ->Boss: <sm>Judith Rubens was not a Historically Significant Fig-
ure. If her research was noteworthy, employment records would show.</sm>
After a second, more:
Gnosti.local ->Boss: <sm>No, wait. I found a brief mention in an entry from
2017, but it was quickly deleted. Get this, she was trying to make an indy.</sm>
Fishy. Why would that have been deleted from the archive? And the date was
implausible. Every schoolkid knows indys weren't around until the mid 2020s. Well,
I did have an archivist on hand. Might as well make use of her.
Boss ->Alex.local: <sm>Alex, it's your time to shine. What do the archives say?
Any indys from that era?</sm>
I hadn't worked with a three-digit indy very often. He was as professional as his
low PID would suggest.
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