She sat at an inset Market monitor, studying the flow of transaction in a three-dimensional grid. She had never dealt in the Market before, but Abelard Gomez, a kindly young Cicada, had given her a financial stake to pass the time. Knowing no better, she applied to the flow of the Market the principles of atmospheric dynamics she’d learned on Fomalhaut IV. Oddly, it seemed to be working. She was clearly gaining.