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Yep. Answering texts and messages is crucial. We must tell everyone exactly what they need to hear, so they don’t wonder why Cameron hasn’t showed.

Jonathan

And make sure the phone sees his face every five minutes. Good. Thanks, Ludya.

Ludya

It’s logical – that’s all.

Suzie

Just till we find a better solution.

Jonathan

And we’ll think of it. Until then, we’ll have to stop him rotting or the phone won’t recognise his face. Patrick will help me put him in the freezer.

Suzie

Should we involve Patrick? He could crack any second.

Ludya

It’s all his fault, so yep, we should.

Suzie

If you’d given Cameron the unit, he wouldn’t have lunged for it, and Patrick wouldn’t have thought he was about to hit you. It’s your fault, Luds.

Ludya

If you’d just photographed the unit and not STOLEN it, Cameron wouldn’t have tried to get it back and none of us would be here now.

Suzie

People needed to see the tech to believe it. Anything else wouldn’t be enough.

Ludya

NOTHING IS EVER ENOUGH FOR YOU!!

Jonathan

What’s done is done. We need to deal with THIS situation.

Ludya

NO WAY. That unit is NOT the atmospheric defence tech. It’s all here on Cam’s phone. They planted a DECOY for us to find. When we went public with the pics, they were going to reveal it as only a piece of junk. Discredit AetherGen completely.

Suzie

No. It was where she told me it would be, in the middle of its own room. All the right security around it. If it’s a dud, then why did Cameron try so hard to get it back? You’re right, it’s not what we went there to find. But it’s important tech of *some* kind. Has to be.

Jonathan

Look, we’re a team and blame is collective. Let’s move on. We need Patrick to distract Jem and make sure the MA project stays on-track. Once that’s over, the three of us can disappear. We just need to keep the phone happy every five minutes. It’s only a few months, and I know how we can do it.

Ludya