"We’ve got enough punch. Anyway, the flatlining jackout options you’ve been working on really should handle that. The only way we could get total insurance now would be to wait for Serrin to get back or have a friend of mine here sit around to pull the jacks if we get toasted. Besides, I really don’t want to risk anyone else knowing what we’re up to, and it’s too long to wait for Serrin. Or Rani. First sight of anything that looks like that thing of yours and we’re out of there. Promise." They went over every last detail again and again, reviewing the possibilities for IC constructs opposing them, how to deal with hostile deckers, contingency arrangements, and finally they ran some simulations. Though it wasn’t the real thing, it made them both sweat and showed that they could work together well enough. By the fourth run they’d gotten good. They jacked out together, full of smiles.