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“It’s not intended to,” I said

“Well, then, what is it intended to do?”

“It’s intended to give you ti off the server, burn it to disk, and run for Ireland,” I said Ireland has never had an extradition treaty with the United States It still doesn’t “If you can get across the border, you can probably lie low for years”

“And do what? Hope they forget that I’m an international terrorist?”

“Make sure the world finds out the truth”

The pause this tiain, his voice was quiet and very distant “I’m not sure whether I should be flattered that you trust me this much, or disturbed that you’ve just inforency plan”

“Does that mean you won’t do it?”

“Are you mad? Of course I’ll do it I’d have done it if you’d asked me upfront, and if you’d asked , wistfully, “I just wish I were better with the notion of you doing this unsupported Rick’s a good fellow, but I’ve not worked with hi you in coe, Shaun will,” I said “I’ht I’ll be s on the old server address You remember the old server?” The “old server” was a box we rented froe Supporters We’d used it to back up our files ere on the road, since Bridge Supporters wouldn’t post anything that hadn’t been through full validation and didn’t store anything uploaded by a beta blogger for more than twenty-four hours We hadn’t used it since well before the caan, and al Points knew I still had the lease It wasn’t entirely secure, but it wasn’t ours, either Mahir could access it without leaving a trail that would prove he was still a part of our group

“I do,” he said “I suppose I shouldn’t call you after this”

“Not a good idea I’ll contact you when I can”

“Right” He chuckled “Cloak and dagger, that’s us”