From:	Jeffrey Mach <mach@****.CALTECH.EDU>
Subject:	A hand proffered...
Date:	Mon, 6 Jan 1997 01:52:30 -0800

*****PRIVATE: Lilith
>>>>>[Christ.... They give me and Jenny a few weeks on a "secure
recreational facility" (read small south sea island under corp aegis) to
while away the holidays in return for passing my 250th flight hour in the
Valkyrie and meanwhile Seattle turns into hell. How are you two holding
up? And...if I may be so bold...since when did a hardbody like you turn
out to be a mother? (Here's to that bringing a small smile among the shit
you have been dealing with.)

Security here has gone completely anal after that LSS hit. Word is with
somebody like that playing around, and with what went down a couple months
ago, CorpSec can get tighter than a nun's bum and not even the old man can
say word one otherwise. Hell, just in case somebody here's compromised,
and with the bloody tube train getting blown, I am totally grounded.

Pissed as hell and currently able to do jack, I've taken to having Jenny
grill me through some battlesims on all the other gear I'm rated for. I
don't know if she fully understands why...but I'm telling you if you need
any support to cover you, drop me a line and try to have the bird (don't
care much what) fueled and loaded by the time I hit the flightline. I
have plenty of sick days stored up with accounting and a serious mad-on for
bastards who get their kicks blowing up sick babies. Not to mention
self-same bastards who want a piece of a rather nice gent a girl can throw
back a few shots with, but are too chicken-shit to want a fair fight. No
reward, no nothing, putting a 20 mike screamer through this Thunda's
brain-pan would be worth it. Just say the word....

P.S. I am sending this a bit late...pretty sure Jenny's not up. I'm
going to tell you now and have a talk with her in the morning. I don't
want her to be any part of this. With what I've heard about this guy
being backed up the ass, I don't want her try and help you and get herself
flat-lined. The girl can do fluid dynamics in her head and understands
neural nets better than she does people, but with what I've heard from
some of the Matrix jockies around here who bugged me about "unauthorized
matrix access" she's greased lightning--fast and slick--but too
inexperienced to last against good ice or a decker who knows what the hell
he's doing in matrix combat. If you try to reach me through S-land and
don't hear soon, use >>encrypted Tel-Com #<< since I had to put a round
through her deck.

Stay well.]<<<<<
-- Arashi <01:53:14/01-06-58>