Van said nothing. Jeb had been the very first cop to take serious, practical notice of Van’s talents. The state and local cyber-cops in California were so hip that they ran their own user’s groups. Silicon Valley cops met a lot of white-hat hacker kids, and tended to think they were cute. But when Van had encountered Jeb, Van’s life had changed overnight. Young Derek Vandeveer, a dewy-eyed comp-sci student with an intellectual interest in security issues, had suddenly met the maven’s maven.