'Subsequent to Bancroft's acceptance that the case is closed, and your own disappearance from view, I will freight Sachilowska back to Harlan's World to complete her sentence.' Kawahara bent to pick up the holofile I'd dropped and held it up. She tipped it deftly a couple of times to flick through the pages. 'I think you can see here that there is a reversal clause written into the contract. I will of course forfeit a large proportion of the original fee paid, but under the circumstances I'm prepared to do that.' She smiled faintly. 'But please bear in mind that a reversal can work in both directions. What I return, I can always buy again. So if you were considering skulking in the undergrowth for a while and then running back to Bancroft, please abandon the idea now. This is a hand that you cannot win.'