Episode 5
Part Two
Datatech Jellico of the post-Unity Graylink project dialed up a secure feed and began running decryption software on the seemingly random static that formed the stream.
As pass after pass of filtering software scanned the static, an image began to take shape, like a figure emerging from the snow.
"Information," she said in a deep, rich voice, and her Second rose from his deep padded chair to stand behind her and watch the image form.
"It is him!" said her Second. She nodded - the features were unmistakable. Somewhere in his domain, Executive Officer Yang, now Chairman Yang, stared unknowingly into one of their probe links. "The boss will want to know."
"A moment," she said. "Information is power, my datajack. And so we should ask ourselves...is this power we want to give?"
"To simply bury it lacks subtlety," her Second said with mild reproach.
She nodded. "Very true. They do not know our power, yet. But soon..." She looked up at him, her face bathed in the soft glow of her touchscreen. "I will flag it and pass it along the chain. But we will send it to the Underground as well. We may need it someday."
Her Second nodded.
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