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[maevelous]

You'll be the first to know. You may be the only one to know.

[ Depends on if Maeve finds anyone else worthy enough to let in on her whole 'break free from the government plan.' ]

But I can promise it will be an investment you won't regret.

[blackhat]

Somehow I believe you. You need anything else from me?

[maevelous]

No. That'll do. I'll be in touch if I do need something else.

[blackhat]

Roger that.

[ That should be the end of the conversation. Instead, there's a pause that drags on, and a less cavalier: ]

You seen Teddy around?

[maevelous]

He ported out.

[ There's an impatience to her tone. As though she assumed the man in black would know that and he's simply trying to bait her. ]

Our first casualty of this godforsaken place. Which begs the question which of us is next?

[blackhat]

[ There's a little pause. The kind that sometimes signals the moment a brittle human mind has had a line of thought slapped out of its grip.

He didn't know. ]

Both of us at the same time if this place has any luck.