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By the Lake
by Jeff Hecht
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Copyright (c)2002 by Jeff Hecht
First published in Analog, November 2002

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"How do you keep your little lake so peaceful and quiet, Rachel?"
Jennifer asked, as the younger woman opened a bottle of California red wine.
The vintage was drinkable, but nothing Jennifer would serve to guests.
"It's taken a lot of work over the last few years," Rachel replied,
setting the bottle on a tray with two wine glasses, brie, and crackers.
"Nothing like setting up the company, of course, but it does have a
connection. We stock it with our own fish."
"I hadn't realized that." Jennifer's investment firm had taken Aquatic
Genosynthesis public, and she thought she knew all the company's major
projects.
"It's under research and development on the balance sheet," Rachel
said, sliding open a wide glass door and leading the way onto the deck.
"It sounds like a nice little tax dodge," Jennifer said. She had to
keep alert for CEOs siphoning too much cash out of their companies; it might
depress the stock value.
"No, it's one of Ron's projects. He thinks recreational fishing could
become quite a large market. He's working quite hard on it; he takes his
father out on the lake almost every weekend to evaluate the results, like he
took your husband."
That had amused Jennifer. Her husband was an accountant, and after her
25 years in investment banking he normally didn't set foot on anything smaller
than a yacht. "Do you think Ron can help him catch something? The poor dear
hasn't been fishing since his eighth birthday." She could see their boat near
the shore, moving slowly, although she couldn't hear a sound from its little
engine.
Rachel set the tray down on a glass-topped table between two chairs.
"I'm sure Ron can help him, but Ron's father was really the one who had the
idea. Ron's dad was a biologist at the state fish hatchery for 40 years before