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been disabled. All house lines circumvent the built-in houseputer to
terminate in a mock houseputer.тАЭ

тАЬA mock houseputer?тАЭ said Zoranna. тАЬNow thatтАЩs in-teresting.тАЭ There
were no cables trailing from the service panel and no obvious optical
relays. тАЬCan you locate the processor?тАЭ

тАЬItтАЩs located one half-meter to our right at thigh level.тАЭ

It was mounted under the sink, a cheap-looking, saucer-sized piece
of hardware.

тАЬI think you have the soul of an electronic engineer,тАЭ she said. тАЬI could
never program Hounder to do what youтАЩve just done. So, tell me about the
holo transmissions in the other rooms.тАЭ

тАЬA private network entitled тАШThe Hospicers of Camillus de LellisтАЩ
resides in the mock houseputer and piggybacks over TSN channel 203.тАЭ

The 24-hour soccer channel. Zoranna was impressed. For the price
of one commercial line, VictorтАФshe as-sumed it was VictorтАФwas
managing to gypsy his own network. The trickle meters that sheтАЩd noticed
were not recording how much money her sister was spending but rather
how much Victor was charging his dying subscrib-ers. тАЬBug, can you
extrapolate how much the Hospicers of Camillus deтАФwhateverтАФearn in an
average day?тАЭ

тАЬAffirmative, CE45 per day.тАЭ

That wasnтАЩt much. About twice what a hairdresserтАФor dance
instructorтАФmight expect to make, and hardly worth the punishment if
caught. тАЬWhere do the proceeds go?тАЭ

тАЬBug lacks the subroutine to trace credit transactions.тАЭ

Damn, Zoranna thought and wished sheтАЩd brought Hounder. тАЬCan you
tell me who the hospicer organization is registered to?тАЭ

тАЬAffirmative, Ms. Nancy Brim.тАЭ

тАЬFigures,тАЭ said Zoranna as she removed her UDIN from the panel. If
anything went wrong, her sister would take the rap. At first Zoranna decided
to confront Victor, but changed her mind when she left the bathroom and
heard him innocently singing show tunes in the kitchen. She looked at
NancyтАЩs bed and wondered what it must be like to share such a narrow bed
with such a big man. She decided to wait and investigate further before
exposing him. тАЬBug, see if you can integrate HounderтАЩs tracing and tracking
subroutines from my applications library.тАЭ

Victor stood at the sink washing dishes. In the living room Nancy