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"Christ, Adauy"

"I’m a realist, and it’s my job to look down the road ahead to see what’s in store for this coiven our previous dance with scandal…"

Adaal run-in last year with the family of the murder-suicide victile with our liability insurance coht the case in court, insisting we settle instead It had been a setback for us, a ression toward our IPO

"So no bullshit here, but does he really think this is going to work?"

I nodded "Yeah, he really does He says the New York Stock Exchange is hungry for tech companies to open with theies like Facebook have been going for their IPOs They want us, Adam But we need to toe the line and keep ourselves distant froalanced out the , unable to aze as I delivered the rest "Besides, there’s been a lot of doubt about whether or not that video actually even featured Draco ehed at that "Wow, I don’t knohether to feel threatened or flattered that soo to all that trouble to sed "You never know…" It felt kind of slimy to put this idea into his head, but better to take the pressure off lanced athis hands into his pockets "I think it’s best to apply Occam’s razor The simplest explanation is the most likely one Whichtheir freak on at Co a brow

I paused, waited for a longquestion "So what’s the verdict, oh illustrious leader? Are we going public or are we yanking our bid?"

Ada a breath and appearing deep in thought He actually looked like he was still considering yanking the whole thing I figured this ood time to remind him e’d set out to do this in the first place

"That prototype equips you’ll be able to do when you have the capital to incorporate that new interface into the gaoing to injure our bottom line because of ot the vision and ability to see this through There isn’t another MMO ga an interface like this--not even the ame could do if you have the assets to acquire the coet to apply all that knowledge in your boy genius brain to develop a three-dimensional experience for players"

He shotit on a bit thick, aren’t you?"

"C’ to eat that shit up I sathe demo If for no one else, you have to at least do it for the woh "Man, you are so full of shit your eyes are brown! ‘Do it for the woht She’ll wet herself laughing when she hears that caht?"

"You never cease to aht I have full confidence in you, e of victory "You aren’t shitting?"

He rolled his eyes "No, I’ you"--he brought his hand up and pointed aton And if you have a , I want you to come to me with it, okay? I knoto come at the expense of our co of the Geeks like you, my friend, but I love this corew shrewd "You love the goose that lays the golden eggs"