"The file, you fragging bat! The file I sent you. You tell me what you’re going to do about it—right fragging now—or the instant you’re off the phone, I’m going to spread this little gem around to all the news media, and let the blue chips fall where they may. Maybe it’ll distract you from your little proxy fight, having to prop up your own stock prices. And who knows, maybe you’ll have fun dodging legal response as well. I’m sure the metroplex government will be just thrilled to learn that the Telestrian clan’s using Ravenna as a bioweapons lab. Maybe the federal government would be interested too. And how about the Salish-Shidhe Council? Tribal lands are downwind of Ravenna, aren’t they? And does the Tir government know what’s going down? Using bioweapons on another nation’s territory might be considered an act of war ..."