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He's half a foot shorter than your average Portofiran male.

Something she can't just tell you, but she's assuming you can put it together on your own.

There are no casual muggings in an abandoned rocket silo. She came down here looking specifically for you, and for something specific on you.

Suddenly it's abundantly obvious who the thief was.

Wait, that means she belongs to EMTERR. She is your enemy.

She was placed here by the sponsor -- The Civilisation Trust -- that means she belongs to EMTERR.

She was placed here by the sponsor -- The Civilisation Trust -- that means she belongs to EMTERR.

These people love words. Use them to find out what it will take to get them to open it for you.

A popular one. This girl's a popstar.

The disc that PSEUDOPOD was listening to was Ultra Violeta... but a different track. 'You But From A Dream'.

Years worth of medication. With proper storage, the expiration dates shouldn't be an issue.

Assuming four pills per day, and ten pills per blister pack. One pack lasts two and a half days. One crate would cover Ramses for six years and change.

You've brushed up against this popstar already. The Yana girl knows more than she is letting on.

You've brushed up against this popstar already. The Yana girl knows more than she is letting on.

That confirms it. He's after the popstar.

'Ultra Violeta'? Could be that 'UV' on PSEUDOPOD's red disc...

This is information that you already had... but now you know you're not a step behind.

Translation: you're paying for it.

And as you've established, it's possible that hiding somewhere within it is a secret jail.

A Pocket Combatant -- a type of miniature army which reached its sales height in the 50s. Recalled, discontinued, sued into bureaucratic oblivion when the figures were found to be made of lead.

Are they attached somehow? Might be worth taking a look.

Pelota balls are not designed for use as door-stops. Someone has elevated this ball to contraption status.

This isn't going to get you anywhere. Better pay her another visit in-person.

You know... these kind of magazines often have illustrated centrefolds... or detachable posters...

So the trail ends here.

Maybe she'll answer if you call her from Foto 24 -- it's safer there.

It didn't work last time. It won't this time.

Having EMTERR as a sponsor doesn't come without a hefty price. She's paying for it in some way.

Must be something to do with her sponsor, the Civilisation Trust -- arrangements like that often come with a hidden cost.

Must be something to do with her sponsor -- arrangements like that often come with a hidden cost.

These people love words. Use them to find out what it will take to get them to open the door for you.

She's referring to the honour book stall next to her.

Squished and bounced around in the bag, they've come un-stuck from the textbook's pages.

But what's the order? And there's four digits. Which number's repeated? You're not just going to guess, right?

Surely you weren't anticipating otherwise? That's ghost 'fetti.

A Pocket Combatant -- a type of miniature army which reached its sales height in the 50s. Recalled, discontinued, sued into oblivion when the figures were found to be made of lead.

Your mind rebels at the thought. Zero out this uncanny monster.

Abandon all logic. You're about to enter the Poet's Domain.

One of many such things -- non-choices, counter-factuals, pebbles in the mind's shoe -- that make up a life.

The strange fax. The one that was waiting for you at Foto 24.

In his baroque hierarchy of shame, 'cool' falls just under 'replayer', the cardinal sin.

In his baroque hierarchy of shame, being 'cool' falls just under being a 'replayer', whatever that is.

This merchandise isn't 'smuggled' at all -- they're government-sanctioned from the Luzian Cultural Ministry.

Hang on, no. She cannot possibly have tested this. No untested gadgets on your Big Assignment.

You heard him talking to his suppliers. You need to find a way to get through to them directly.

He has access, that much is clear. But he's a middle man, not the supplier.

Had the launch been an official success, Portofiro would've become one of the big boys of the Developed World.

Portofiro would've become one of the Big Boys of the Developed World.

Between that and the intercom, Hauzmann wasn't kidding about recent security upgrades.

Hauzmann mentioned recent security upgrades. That'd be one of them.

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