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Lucre
There are records, of course. Not the ones he wants, not prophecies, commentaries, correspondence with Watchers in the field, but payroll lists and retirement plans, real estate holdings and insurance policies. The librarians and archives staff died in the explosion, but there's a solicitor, a dry little man who seems to have reflected spreadsheets in his eyes even when he looks away from the computer to tell Giles, "The investments are very well diversified."
Strange, to hear Ethan in his mind after so many years, but on seeing the total, he thinks, not "Good Lord," but "Ripper, you're fucking loaded!"
There are records, of course. Not the ones he wants, not prophecies, commentaries, correspondence with Watchers in the field, but payroll lists and retirement plans, real estate holdings and insurance policies. The librarians and archives staff died in the explosion, but there's a solicitor, a dry little man who seems to have reflected spreadsheets in his eyes even when he looks away from the computer to tell Giles, "The investments are very well diversified."
Strange, to hear Ethan in his mind after so many years, but on seeing the total, he thinks, not "Good Lord," but "Ripper, you're fucking loaded!"