It was funny to think of Charlie Cullen being CEO. Laura hadn’t met Cullen face to face since his appointment, though she’d networked with him a little when they were building the Lodge. Cullen was a biochemist, in construction plastics mostly, a nice enough guy. He was a great caretaker Rizome CEO, because you trusted him instinctively—but he didn’t much come across as an alley fighter. Since his appointment he’d taken to wearing a gray fedora perched on the back of his head. Less like a hat than a halo or crown. It was funny how authority affected people.