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no difference whether or not you intended using, selling or even giving away the
information. Knowing it meant you might pass it on, and that was more of a
chance than the people involved were willing to take. It wasnтАЩt considered
polite to tell people things without first warning them you were going to do it,
so IтАЩd given the warning. What happened after that was entirely up to them, and
Tris was the first one to acknowledge it.
тАЬI think IтАЩd like to stay and hear about this,тАЭ he said after a minute, stirring
where he sat to my left. тАЬSeero once did something for me IтАЩll never forget, and
if thereтАЩs a question on how he died. I want to know about it. I can meet you
two later, somewhere else.тАЭ
тАЬThe hell you can,тАЭ Ricco said in a flat-voiced way, leaning back in his seat
opposite me as he looked at Tris. тАЬYou arenтАЩt the only one Seero did things for,
which means IтАЩm not in the mood for a walk. But it also doesnтАЩt mean we all have
to stay.тАЭ
He and Tris turned to Sharp with that, telling her they had no intentions of
making any decisions for her, and for an instant she didnтАЩt seem to know what
Ricco meant. Then she understood they were saying she could leave, and she was
suddenly made of indignation rather than flesh.
тАЬRicco, is your head as muscle-bound as your body?тАЭ she demanded, bristling up
like an inside-out pincushion. тАЬIf you two think you owed Seero, you ought to
hear my story. I happen to know he didnтАЩt even tell Inky, which means I owe him
for that, too. If anyone misses what she has to say, it isnтАЩt going to be me.тАЭ
тАЬThatтАЩs it, then,тАЭ Ricco said with a shrug, moving his eyes back to my vicinity.
тАЬWeтАЩre all in and weтАЩre ail ears. LetтАЩs get a pot of javi ordered, and then we
can start.тАЭ
тАЬLetтАЩs start by not ordering a pot of javi,тАЭ I said, reaching over to catch his

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arm before he activated the menu. тАЬSeero once told me that most people know
theyтАЩre opening a circuit through the silencing field when they order, but think
the circuit is dead once the menu-acknowledge light goes out. All it really
means is that the light is out, not that the circuit is closed. LetтАЩs let that
waiter bring us refills when he manages to get around to it.тАЭ
тАЬYou think the thuds could have this place tapped?тАЭ Tris asked with a frown,
exchanging glances with Ricco. тАЬEven if they were covering something up when
they called SeeroтАЩs death accidental, how could they get in here? And after all
this time, why would they bother?тАЭ
тАЬIt isnтАЩt the police we have to worry about,тАЭ I answered, speaking to all of
them. тАЬItтАЩs the Twilight Houses that arc involved, and they can get in anywhere.
Arc you still sure you want to hear about it?тАЭ
тАЬMore than ever,тАЭ Sharp said as she rested her forearms on the table, nothing
left of the empty-headed high-lifer she enjoyed pretending to be. тАЬIf the thuds
put Seero out of the way, I could understand it even while hating it. The Twi
Houses are another matter entirely.тАЭ
Ricco nodded his agreement while Tris simply sat and waited, so I shrugged and
shifted sideways on the seat.
тАЬAs weтАЩve already noticed, this was almost a year ago,тАЭ I began, toying with my
cup as my mind went back to that soul-tearing night. тАЬSeero had intended going