"Yes, it does," Amy agrees, "but that’s just where it starts. I also discovered a hidden file on the Metascience network. It looks like a record of payments. The dates and nuyen amounts agree with the missing twenty-seven items, but the payee names shown in this file do not agree with the corps named on the Purchasing reqs or in the Payables records." Hill gazes at Amy for several moments, then says, "I’m a little puzzled. What do you mean?"