"I don't know directly," I told him, "but I can guess how things are going to shake out. You were using Tokudaiji to counter ALOHA's 'corps out' rhetoric, weren't you? When word gets around that a corp hitter whacked him"—I raised my hand to forestall the inevitable objection—"I know you're saying Scott didn't do the dirty deed on Yamatetsu's behalf, but who's going to believe that?"