Lindsay stood up. "We’ll do some acting," he said, straightening his cuffs. "‘To catch birds with a mirror is the ideal snare,’ as my Shaper teachers used to say. I knew of the Black Medicals in the Ring Council. They’re not genetically altered. The Shapers despised them, so they isolated themselves. That’s their habit, even here. But they hunger for admiration, so I made myself into a mirror and showed them their own desires. I promised them prestige and influence, as patrons of the theatre." He reached for his jacket. "But what does the Geisha Bank want?"