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Kama shook his head. "Brazelton's. He's a hundred times our size. He's got system techs. They do it by
the link manual. I do all that myself. I couldn't afford a tech."

"Bet your system designs are better."

Kama smiled. "Probably, but from what I can tell, it wouldn't matter. McCall reengineered it. That's what
your DPS techies claim."

"What do you think?"

Kama frowned.

I waited.

"McCall is a solicitor. What solicitor knows nanite systems that well?"

I nodded. "He used to work for O'Bannon and Reyes. O'Bannon was pretty close to Chris Kemal."

"Do you know something?" Kama raised his eyebrows.

"With privacy laws, who could know?" I offered a grin. "Chris Kemal... heard anything?"

"We're not exactly friends. His circle is higher than mine, Eugene. It's much higher. You've been closer to
him than I have."

I waited.

"I haven't heard anything. They say Kemal's hurting. Dewey doesn't like him, and neither does Senator
Cannon. Kemal's been seen with Heber Smith lately."

"Heber Smith?" I hadn't heard that name.
"He's the campaign manager for Alredd. They don't call him that. He says he's a business consultant, but
it's no secret that Alredd's going to take on Dewey in the summer election. Alredd's also backing Hansen
against Cannon in the fall."

"Because Cannon mandated the guideway study and the changes in the maintenance requirements?"

"Something like that," Kama said.

"Kemal wants the guideway repair business back?"

"He never had it. Brazelton did."

I snorted. "Brazelton had the business, before it went to GSY. Creds behind it were Kemal's. He wants a
return on those creds."

"I'd guess so. Wouldn't you?"

I'd have guessed a lot more. So would Kama. "Heard Arturo's hanging on. Might die."