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The Becky? Hey, hey, come in. How's it going? You know, before I started helping my dad in R&D, I was a sales rep.

Yeah, I think you mentioned that to me once.

Biomedical stuff, wasn't it?

I used to travel the world trying to sell bone cement.

You know, when old people break their hips and knees

and whatever they need replacing, you use a special kind of cement to hold it all in place.

I would sell that to hospitals and surgeons. Sounds interesting. It was not. But I was very good at making

people think it was. Plus, I would always stop by a shop on the way to a hospital and buy donuts or something.

It was easier to sell people something if you were holding out a donut at the same time.

Sure.

This morning, I've already spoken to three different divisions of the Bastion or whoever these bloody people are who run everything these days.

I've used every trick I've got to charm and bullshit them.

And I'm realising that maybe I depended more on those donuts than I thought.

How many of these Bastien Gits are there?

Who knows?

There's no discernible central leadership.

Everyone seems to think they're in charge.

And I swear to God, I haven't met a single one who's over 25.

They've all got the most absurd names.

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