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“Lemme see your phone first.”
“What?”
“Gimme your phone.”
I handed it over. He reached into one of the desk drawers and pulled out a small black bag, unzipped it, placed my phone inside, then zipped it up again.
“Okay, go ahead,” he said cheerfully.
“What was that about?”
“Faraday pouch,” he explained as he held the bag up. “Blocks all electromagnetic transmissions. You know they can access your microphones and listen in on everything, right? Even when the phone’s off.”
I stared at him in shock. “You’re kidding.”
“Nope. The Americans got into trouble for it a few years ago. Spying on their citizens and shit. Sweden’s doing it, too, just on a more limited basis. But if you wanna talk about hacking MI6, best to use a Faraday bag and make sure nobody’s listening.”
“Okay…” I said, slightly bewildered.
“Is this about Rachel?” Gunnar asked. “She works for MI6, right?”
“Yes – ”
“How’s that going?”
“Fantastic. That’s why I’m moving to London, so I can be with her.”
“That’s great, bro!” Gunnar said with a gigantic smile.
“Thanks. But I need you to swear that this conversation won’t ever be mentioned anywhere else.”
“Okay,” he said cheerfully.
“I’m serious, Gunnar.”
He beamed. “So am I.”
I hesitated… then decided that if Swedish defense contractors trusted him with their secrets, I could, too.
Either that or the defense contractors and I were both fucked.
“I got recruited by a guy in MI6 named Alistair Webb. I’m not supposed to tell Rachel or anybody else – ”
“And you told me?! I’m honored, my dude!”
“…you’re welcome,” I muttered. “Anyway, he’s the one who got me out with an honorable discharge.”
“Wow! How’d he do that?”
“Through MUST.”
Gunnar whistled. He knew the acronym for Swedish Intelligence; everybody who’d served in Special Forces did. “Daaaamn… dude must have some pull!”
“Yeah, but I want to know who I’m getting into bed with. I tried Googling him but couldn’t find anything.”
Gunnar chuckled good-naturedly. “You already made a deal with the devil, but you want to look into him now?”
“Yes,” I said, annoyed. “Can you do it but keep it quiet? I can’t have him find out that we’re poking around.”
