What’s interesting is that this new contract is from out of sprawl—in fact, from out of United Canadian and American States entirely. The general buzz on the street is that the Tir doesn’t do much business in Seattle, except through numerous intermediaries so that the high-tone elves don’t get their lily-white hands dirty. Now, I’m hearing something else. If the buzz is on the money, there’s a major Tir corp that not only wants to do direct business in the plex, but is also interested in acquiring assets on the shady side of the street. Something the Star might be interested in knowing about? No fragging farce.