OPERANT

"I suspect the mould has become a M.I.H.O. operant. May your organization thrive in this new form."

I'm an operant, not a petty thief.

HOLD ON, OPERANT. This is the phone Yana mentioned. The one even you now know is tapped.

Local law enforcement is far beneath you in effectiveness and influence. No need to lower yourself, operant.

There is no record found of any Operant succeeding in this manoeuvre.

Child's play. Every operant is trained in cryptography.

Trained, yes. Retained? Every operant for themselves.

It is beyond you, operant.

It is the code that picks you apart, operant, not the other way around.

That is one way to get to Gonza, operant. Look at the size of the cavity -- large enough for a cricket.

Operant CYLINDER (Status: LOST) was convinced EMTERR were behind it -- though he could not ultimately prove it.

Be fleet of foot, operant. Your enemies are on to you.

'Big ticket item about to hit the organ block. Opening bids already coming in by payphone -- Party Alley, West Side. Who will we say is calling, operant?'

"Operant, I would never."

Do not reveal the location of a fellow operant's safehouse.

The mandated language was reviewed after Operant VELVET's 'angel network' of teenage female 'assets' came under investigation and was discovered to be, to quote the report, 'bereft of justification'.

'Ritual'... not a term from the Operant Bureau's playbook.

"Operant SCARF acquitted himself reasonably well."

Overplaying it, needlessly. The Operant Bureau's instructors would have a lot of notes.

"... Is what I should be saying, because you left your asset right in the sights of a very dangerous operant."

Hold your cards close for now, operant. All remains tilted.

In theory, it exists -- but many assume it to be an empty office behind a locked door. The Operant Bureau also does not dictate age restrictions for potential assets.

This is no mere persona. It's an enchantment, the likes of which the Operant Bureau has never before encountered.

"But that headphone guy is an operant. Dangerous. He shot me."

"Question, Yana: Why's an EMTERR operant with weird headphones shooting at me?"

"Operant SCARF acquitted himself well."

Operant, this is a once-per-aeon opportunity to get a shot at the Grand Lich. Let it slip now, who knows how far back it may set you?

Operant, reconsider. You haven't even heard out the prisoner. You may be letting a massive opportunity slip your grasp.

A good cryptonym reveals nothing yet means everything. The seeming arbitrariness of the sign only strengthens the bond between operant and asset.

This is no mere scheme. It's an enchantment, the likes of which the Operant Bureau has never before encountered.

A theory often dismissed as rumour, but taken more seriously on the top levels of the Operant Bureau: the Luzian political ministry are all identical psychic grafts of the same ancient philosopher.

Leave your fears with him and move on, Operant. You have a murder to commit.

"Maybe you are. Maybe you're the sadder Operant."

"I discerned that he is an EMTERR Operant. Which brings up a major concern, of course."

"Prove that I'm a good Operant. Establish my own position in the Opera."

"I'm an operant too." He glances over to HOLOCENE. "I'm still an operant."

"You're a shit Operant."

This is it, real fucking operant outfit.

"Pardon, pardon. It's been a tiring day, lapinette! Two missing negotiators, one found operant..."

Luck and skill then, operant.

"Sounds like operant training."

"Do you have any affiliations outside the Operant Bureau?"

So make it up as you go along, Operant.

"Pardon, pardon. It's been a tiring day, lapinette! Two missing negotiators, one found operant..."

PORTOFIRO 91: Network DISSOLVED. 5 Assets and 1 Operant LOST. CASCADE: EXTRACTED. Competency rating: INDETERMINATE. Loyalty rating: INDETERMINATE.

"Non, non... pardon. It's been a tiring day, lapinette. Two missing negotiators, one found operant..."

Give her nothing, operant!

"You think child's play sounds like 'training'? A valuable insight into the Operant Bureau, lapinette."

Like any good operant, he is keeping all cards pressed to chest.

Your operant. Your double. You.