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Message no. 1
From: Michael Goldberg michael.goldberg3@********.att.net
Subject: Analyzing in dark corners
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 21:22:57 -0600
***** PRIVATE: Ratspeak
>>>>>[ Greetings, rodent. I hope that you are doing well and enjoying your
newly found mobility. I write to you to inform you of a decision that was
reached by Scourge and I, and because I wanted to ask you another
question -- hopefully one your expertise will give you insight into.

Scourge informed me that there is no value in providing the transcript to
anyone. As such, he isn't even bothering to take the time to encrypt it to
send it to you. If you still desire the whole transcript, you should
contact him.

Since it lies in an area that you have extensively studied, I wanted to
compare your answer with what I'm thinking. How would you read an employer
taking an apparently trusted employee and helping with an employee's quest
to get special toys and then openly add to the shopping list? ]<<<<<
-- Pestilence <04:41:25/06-26-61>
Message no. 2
From: Michael Goldberg michael.goldberg3@********.att.net
Subject: Analyzing in dark corners
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 21:25:20 -0600
***** PRIVATE: Pestilence
>>>>>[ I am enjoying the improved state of my health. Although I was not
thrilled to find you and Midnight as my expensively paid surgeons, you two
have done a magnificent job. Scourge said there is no value to our "sort of
off-the-record conversation", huh? I bet you weren't happy to hear that.

I'm a bit surprised you are asking me since you read people very well, Herr
Pestilence. Let me ask a few of my own questions before I answer. Is this
query in relation to the clinic that you currently support? What is the
priority and basic nature of the work they are asking done?

My last question, has nothing to do your original queries, but instead lies
concerning Herr Midnight. How did he turn up at the clinic? What exactly
happened to him recently? He seemed different. ]<<<<<
-- Ratspeak <04:34:33/06-26-61>
Message no. 3
From: Michael Goldberg michael.goldberg3@********.att.net
Subject: Analyzing in dark corners
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 21:27:12 -0600
***** PRIVATE: Ratspeak
>>>>>[ My happiness or unhappiness has nothing to do with Scourge's
decision. In truth, I expected that very reaction -- indeed it made his
price a little less steep.

Yes, my query relates to clients for the clinic. The employer has paid for
additional security provisions for both the employer and employee.
Additionally, the employer paid to get both requests put at the top of the
wait list. The nature of their toys is suggests a willingness to sacrifice
current lifeforce for some premium insurance against potential violence --
not that there are any guarantees with that method of insurance.

As far as Midnight goes, like anyone else, I will not answer questions about
his recent history. Suffice to say events have caused him to at least
temporarily change his outlook in life. I suspect the changes go deeper
than that, but he avoided talking about current events in more than a
cursory manner. For more details, you will have to go to him. ]<<<<<
-- Pestilence <04:37:59/06-26-61>
Message no. 4
From: Michael Goldberg michael.goldberg3@********.att.net
Subject: Analyzing in dark corners
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 21:31:13 -0600
***** PRIVATE: Pestilence
>>>>>[ The employer wants the employee to trust her. In addition, the
employee is probably additional insurance to be used in case of emergencies.
Based on the precautions and the urgency of the request, it would appear
that the danger is more of immediate nature -- or the emergency is something
she is planning on handling personally in the relatively near future.

So how did you end up at the clinic? ]<<<<<
-- Ratspeak <04:39:33/06-27-61>

***** PRIVATE: Midnight
>>>>>[

+++++ language encode: German

Greetings, Midnight. I trust this missive finds you well. Pestilence has informed me
that Scourge has decided not to send the transcript of our previous conversation to
anyone. Regardless, I wanted to contact you to thank you for the work that you performed
on me. I haven't felt this good in years. I realize that it was a challenging bit of
work for you and Pestilence, and now that I have thought about it, I appreciate the fact
that you were involved as well.

One can never trust certain people too far.

Which leads me to my question (which you no doubt knew was coming): How did you end up
there? The last thing I heard was that you were taken hostage for Shadowfox. I regret
that our private conversation did not last long enough for me to ask while I had the
chance. ]<<<<<
-- Ratspeak <04:40:23/06-27-61>

***** PRIVATE: Scourge
>>>>>[ Greetings, my comrade-in-arms. I have a very quick question for
you: Why are you not sending the transcript of our recent conversation out?
]<<<<<
-- Ratspeak <04:41:07/06-27-61>
Message no. 5
From: Michael Goldberg michael.goldberg3@********.att.net
Subject: Analyzing in dark corners
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 21:34:11 -0600
***** PRIVATE: Ratspeak
>>>>>[ Couldn't resist the obvious question? I ended up at the clinic for
a
variety of reasons. One, it pays extremely well. And two, it gives me the
opportunity to consider my future. I suspect neither answer surprises you,
rodent?

By the way … HER? What are you inferring? ]<<<<<
-- Pestilence <04:44:50/06-27-61>
Message no. 6
From: Michael Goldberg michael.goldberg3@********.att.net
Subject: Analyzing in dark corners
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 21:35:36 -0600
***** PRIVATE: Pestilence
>>>>>[ My training leads me to speculate, nothing more. You are correct
though - I am not surprised by your answers. ]<<<<<
-- Ratspeak <::/06-21-61>
Message no. 7
From: Michael Goldberg michael.goldberg3@********.att.net
Subject: Analyzing in dark corners
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 21:41:13 -0600
***** PRIVATE: Ratspeak
>>>>>[ What does it buy me to share that information? A little extra bit
of
money? A bit of notoriety of being one of a few people who actually know
the reputation of the handle Ratspeak and can now associate it with a face.
A face that can be cosmetically altered if the need is great and the patient
is willing to spend even more money.

I suppose, I could use a more accurate pronoun, now that I know the big
secret. Then again, that would destroy the mystery that is Ratspeak.

No. I really have nothing to gain by saying anything Ratspeak. Some
questions would be asked, which would lead to wanting to ask even more
questions which cannot be answered. Questions such as, what is Pestilence
really up to at that clinic? How did Midnight go from being hostage to end
up in a clinic several countries removed from where he previously located
at? Who ordered that cyberware implanted in you and why? Why did
Pestilence want to share the experience?

Truthfully, the conversation doesn't answer any of those. Since none of
that conversation presented a threat to anyone other than conspiracy
theorists and paranoid individuals in general, I fail to see a reason to
spend my time or computer resources editing that footage.

I am glad to have had the opportunity to learn a little bit more about you,
Ratspeak. I am glad to know that the surgery was successful -- even with
the complications that were encountered. Neither though, changes my
attitude toward providing that information to anyone -- especially for
someone who wasn't there. ]<<<<<
-- Scourge <04:51:03/06-27-61>
Message no. 8
From: Michael Goldberg michael.goldberg3@********.att.net
Subject: Analyzing in dark corners
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 21:57:50 -0600
***** PRIVATE: Midnight
>>>>>[

+++++ language encode: German

Thank you, Herr Midnight, for your message. Alas, the Tokyo Shadowland node has already
provided some answers as to what happened -- not through direct witnesses but rather by
some choice people sharing particularly vicious rumors -- including the fact that you are
a wanted man for unsanctioned actions against high-ranking members of a certain terrorist
organization.

If you want, I will dig in that area of the net to find out more details of why you. Just
let me know. ]<<<<<
-- Ratspeak <05:08:38/06-27-61>

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