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@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ I'd been carrying two maps in my head since the morning — Ledger's zone for Ka
(*Two threads. Same territory. Kae's protectors cluster here. Carter's supplier works here. Coincidence or convergence — and in the warrens, where everyone knows everyone and every transaction is face-to-face, convergence is more likely than coincidence.*)
I filed the observation and followed the lane to its end.
The overlap sat in the back of my head like a splinter, and I followed the lane to its end.
The workshop was impossible to miss, because everything about it was oversized.
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ Carson's expression shifted — not closing, not guarding. Softening. The amusem
"Week and a half. Maybe two." Carson frowned. "He's overdue. Usually comes by more often than that."
I filed that. Overdue by a week and a half, during the same period the victim count was accelerating. The timeline fit. If Kae was draining more frequently and more heavily, his cycles between the crystal's high and the withdrawal crash would be tighter, more consuming. Less time for the workshop visits that constituted his version of social contact.
Overdue by a week and a half — during the same window the victim count was accelerating. The timeline fit. If Kae was draining more frequently and more heavily, his cycles between the crystal's high and the withdrawal crash would be tighter, more consuming. Less time for the workshop visits that constituted his version of social contact.
"Does he talk about what he does?" I asked. "When he's not here?"
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ He said this with the absolute confidence of a man whose personal credibility in
Carson nodded. The honesty was immediate — no posturing, no overreach. "My word is gold down here. Outside the warrens, I'm just some large man with a strange religion." He shrugged, and the shrug was the gesture of a man who knew exactly where his power ended. "I can stop the bleeding on my streets. Your friend's going to need someone with reach outside the district for the rest."
I filed that. Leon's alternative contacts — already in motion — would cover the gap. Two solutions for two territories: Carson's network reputation for the warrens buyers, Leon's grey-market connections for the supply lines that bypassed the damaged relationships entirely.
Leon's alternative contacts — already in motion — would cover the gap. Two solutions for two territories: Carson's network reputation for the warrens buyers, Leon's grey-market connections for the supply lines that bypassed the damaged relationships entirely.
"How long?" I asked.