I was to keep him informed of progress. The safeguards were finally arranged to his satisfaction and we began our solitary and important business. Abandon the cruiser and… do what?My tenuous line of logic was ready to snap at this point so I strengthened it with some akvavit and a fresh cigar. A barbaric sounding place named Freibur. I pushed my plate away and stood and stretched as naturally as I could. You cant outmove a computer-robot combination, not when they move and react in micro-secondsbut you can outthink them. In spite of the pain in my chest and the tag trailing from my toe, I managed to slide off the slab and hobble to the door. Then the extra wife was in the way, and ignorant of this charming local custom of revenge-killing, Angelina had removed a stumbling stone.