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"This used to be Yosemite National Park We sold it after the Great Global Collapse to repay our debts"
Tom’s fists clenched "You mean Wyndham Harks’s debts! The debts those people ran up and stuck on the rest of us" He’d figured it out seeing that wall of governovernht fancy rugs, and couldn’t pay his bills--the government he controlled volunteered the public to pay his bills for theurdur Vitol swooped in like vultures and took stuff the public owned, stuff of real value--like this place Like Yoseust Those executives had done that, they’d gotten aith it, and today they marched in Tom and the others and demanded respect fro fro all this, they wanted evenday," Elliot remarked
Tom jerked his head impatiently "Yeah, I kind of blew it With Matchett-Reddy, for sure" He was silent a moment, then had to admit, "And at Epicenter And at Wyndham Harks I’m sorry about that e pain for you to fix"
The last bea over the distant cliffs now Elliot said quietly, "I’ Obsidian Corp today I suppose you had some antics ready for them, too?"
"No need for the visit" Toerov and I already know each other We’re not on good terms"
"Is this funny to you?" There was unexpected heat in Elliot’s voice
Tom hadn’t realized there was a twisted smile plastered on his face It was sort of autory--so unlike Elliot
"Cos today--"
"Torpedoed? To disaster! There are five CEOs who sponsor Indo-American Cole one of them, most of them within mere hours of each other! Take Nobridis It was easy, Tom It was so easy All you had to do was bow and leave the room The prince didn’t even want to speak to any of you That was all and it would have been done"
Heat rushed through Toht a sa to show respect for each other, roaned "You have soco to have if you keep this up You had an advantage after Capitol Summit People knew you, they knew you were a winner They wanted to like you But that advantage e in front of you I don’t even pretend to knohy you flooded the Beringer Club, but if you thought--"
"Yeah, you don’t know," Toer Club So uys had it co That’s all that matters"
"Yes, yes, and this Matchett-Reddy executive also had whatever you did to hinized you, what did you say to hiazed at the swaying trees far below theh his suit "Yeah, you’re askingyou already know"