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I
wish
I
kn
e
w. H
e
r
s
ec
u
ri
t
y
f
i
l
e
c
ontains nothing that would h
e
lp.”

“How
a
bout h
e
r
fa
m
i
l
y
,”
Tino sug
g
e
sted.

W
e
know
w
h
e
r
e
th
e
y
a
r
e
.”


I
th
i
nk w
e
’ll h
a
v
e
to
j
ust
i
mprovise
a
s we
g
o.”
H
e
n
r
y
took a
sip
of
w
a
te
r
.

H
e
r
e
’s
w
h
a
t
I th
i
nk we
g
ot
g
oi
n
g
f
or us
b
e
sides h
e
r
f
a
m
i
l
y
.
W
e
k
now she
h
a
tes the
m
i
l
i
ta
r
y
.
W
a
s r
e
a
l
l
y
a
n outc
a
st at
L
os Alamos,
h
a
d no
f
ri
e
nds th
e
r
e
, p
e
op
l
e
tr
ea
ted
h
e
r like
shi
t
,
a
n
d she
re
s
e
nted
the
f
a
c
t h
e
r
w
o
r
k
w
a
s ke
p
t a
s
ec
r
e
t.
I
kn
o
w she
w
a
nted it
t
o b
e
n
e
fit m
a
nkind, not
just
the mi
l
i
t
a
r
y
. And she

s lone
l
y
. Beli
e
ve
it
o
r no
t
,
I
do
n
’t think the
g
i
r
l

s ev
e
r h
a
d
a
me
a
ni
n
g
f
ul r
e
lationship wi
t
h a man. She

s not a
lesbi
a
n,
I
kn
o
w th
a
t.
I
saw
h
e
r h
i
t on at
L
os Alamos
b
y
s
e
v
e
r
a
l of th
e
m
a
nd just
a
bout all
t
he
men.
Ne
v
e
r
took a s
ec
ond look
a
t a
n
y
of th
e
m. H
e
ll
if
I
know
w
h
y
.
S
h
e
’s
r
e
a
l
l
y
s
h
y
. Th
a
t’s
a
bout
t
he
on
l
y
e
x
plan
a
t
i
on
I
ca
n th
i
nk of.
I
t
hink
i
f
y
ou
c
a
n
g
e
t close
to he
r
, B
e
n
, we
g
ot a
c
h
a
n
c
e
. Th
e
n let

s ju
s
t s
e
e
wh
a
t hap
p
e
ns
?

B
e
n tho
u
g
ht for
a
mo
me
nt.

I
’m t
r
y
i
n
g
to put
th
i
s
to
g
e
th
e
r.
I
m
e
a
n, w
h
y
a
r
e
y
ou two
g
u
y
s doing
th
i
s?
H
e
n
r
y
,
I
h
a
d
our
pe
ople in China
c
h
ec
k
y
ou out.
W
h
a
t
t
h
e
y
to
l
d me s
ca
r
e
d the shit out of m
e
. Th
e
y
to
l
d me to be v
e
r
y
c
a
r
e
ful. Tino
w
a
s ok
a
y
, just
w
a
nted to
m
a
ke
mon
e
y
.
B
ut
y
ou, the
e
spion
a
g
e
p
e
op
l
e
a
r
e
a
sking
w
h
y
y
o
u

r
e
in on
th
i
s.
I
t’s not
l
ike
y
ou. T
h
e
y
would be
d
e
l
i
g
hted for
th
i
s to be
h
a
pp
e
ni
n
g
i
f it w
a
s ju
s
t Tino. But
y
o
u, th
e
y

re
v
e
r
y
susp
i
c
io
u
s.
Th
e
y
t
old
m
e
to w
a
tch out
f
or
y
ou. Yo
u

v
e
ki
l
led s
e
v
e
r
a
l of our
p
e
ople
f
or
a
lot
less t
h
e
n is
a
t
s
take
h
e
r
e
. Th
e
y

re surp
r
ised
I
’m st
i
ll
a
l
i
ve, if
I
ac
t
u
a
l
l
y
ca
me
f
a
c
e
to
f
ac
e
with
y
ou.
Th
e
y
to
l
d
me
y
ou
a
re
v
e
r
y
ca
p
a
ble
o
f t
r
a
c
king
m
y
fa
m
i
l
y
a
nd me do
w
n,
e
v
e
n
in
C
hina.
I
sent a
c
o
p
y
of
P
a
t
t
y
’s th
e
sis
to our
c
ompu
t
e
r
e
x
p
e
rts. Th
e
y
h
a
ve
no idea
if
a
n
y
of this
is po
s
sib
l
e
but
I
a
m
t
o p
r
o
cee
d
a
s if it
is and b
r
ing
in the
g
irl.”


L
e
t
m
e
t
r
y
to e
x
plain,”
Tino said.

You h
a
ve
a
n
y
id
e
a
how mu
c
h mon
e
y
th
i
s te
c
hnolo
g
y is worth.
S
u
re
,
m
a
y
be
n
o
t
t
o
y
ou
c
om
m
unis
t
s
, but
t
o us
ca
pi
t
a
l
i
st
s
?
Ma
ke
s
B
i
l
l G
a
tes look poor.
I me
a
n, just
the
c
rimin
a
l
a
n
g
le is wo
r
th b
i
l
l
ion
s
,
a
n
d
y
ou h
a
v
e
n

t e
v
e
n st
a
rt
e
d talking
l
e
g
i
t
i
m
a
te
c
om
m
e
r
c
ial
a
ppl
ic
a
t
i
ons. The
fa
m
i
l
y
is ve
r
y
a
w
a
r
e
of the
influ
e
n
c
e
c
ompu
t
e
rs
a
r
e
h
a
vi
n
g
in our
c
ul
t
u
re
.
S
o i
t
’s si
m
ple.
W
e
w
a
nt
t
o be
on the l
e
a
d
i
ng
e
d
ge
of
c
ompu
te
r
c
r
i
m
e
, but we
n
ee
d someone
we
c
a
n do bus
i
n
e
ss wi
th
, someone
wil
l
ing
to
l
e
t us e
x
plo
i
t
t
he
c
rimin
a
l and
c
om
m
e
r
c
ial uses h
e
re
in
t
he
w
e
st. H
e
n
r
y
a
nd
I
w
a
nt
y
ou Chin
e
se
to
g
ive us the
inf
o
rm
a
t
ion we
n
ee
d to use
it for
c
rimin
a
l purpos
e
s
a
t
f
irst,
t
h
e
n
c
om
m
e
r
c
ia
l
, d
o
e
sn’t
c
ost
y
ou
a
n
y
th
i
n
g
.
J
ust
s
h
a
re
wh
a
t
y
ou le
a
rn
f
rom P
a
t
t
y
with
m
y
c
ompu
t
e
r p
e
ople. So
m
e
o
ne
som
e
wh
e
r
e
will
e
v
e
n
t
u
a
l
l
y
l
e
a
k th
i
s out. H
e
n
r
y
’s su
r
p
ris
e
d it
h
a
s
n
’t h
a
pp
e
n
e
d
a
lr
ea
d
y
.”

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