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"It's already in the works When you called ht neutralize e're doing, I decided to move quickly Our security arm traced the woman to the University of Alaska in Fairbanks We just one off on a scientific expedition to Siberia"

"Siberia! Jeezus! Why not the moon?"

"Don't worry The people who pay the bills here at the foundation have a long reach They frequently do business in Russia and were able to put entleman in Moscow He notified his people in Siberia, and they tracked Ms Janos down to a remote island They'll kidnap and hold her In the ate her to see what she knows"

"Do you think she

knows so that can kill the project?"

"It's of no consequence," Gant said "We simply want to learn if she's talked to anyone else Then we'll dispose of her We may have another problem to deal with Kurt Austin, the NUMA man that Barrett mentioned I don't like the idea that he saw the coil mechanism"

"We'll keep an eye on him"

"Good I've run up a CV on Austin He's got an i problems If we see him as a threat, he'll have to be elirave, and i i his own fortunes and energy"

"It will be a pleasure"

Gant was ahis own e the expressions of others Doyle looked like a bulldog about to be served a slab of steak

"You don't like him, do you?"

"Tris? Naw He's always treated me like crap He thinks I'm his monkey Tells me to fetch coffee and drinks, and pop a beer as uy like him"

"That's what makes you so valuable to the Freedom Project You're better than a fly on the wall You'll be rewarded far beyond your drearave's brilliance he doesn't have a clue about what's going on under his nose He has no idea that the security co for him is a private army for the very 'Elites,' as he calls theoing to forward the goals of his neo-anarchist friends He doesn't realize that what he is doing will destroy him and his unwashed fools, and solidify the power of those he would like to defeat"

"What do you want to do about the old guy in Montana?"

Gant chuckled "My philosophic ravings must bore you"