Master of the Revels (The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O., Book 2) by Nicole Galland

Author:Nicole Galland [Galland, Nicole]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780008455927
Google: kd_9DwAAQBAJ
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Published: 2021-02-23T00:00:00+00:00

Exchange of messages between Mortimer Shore and Rebecca East-Oda on “Chira” GRIMNIR channel

DAY 2005 (24 JANUARY, YEAR 6)

MORTIMER: Attached is a screenshot Chira just texted me of an email exchange she had with “NMS,” who is Blevins’s new virtual assistant. Sounds like Constantine Rudge has figured out Gráinne has her own agenda, even if he doesn’t know what it is yet. Voice-recognition software with an accent-specific blind spot! Or deaf spot, I’d guess you’d say. Sweet!

REBECCA: That could be a misdirect. Gráinne could have used psy-ops or seduction to get somebody inside DODO to create this NMS bot and include the claim that it can’t understand Gráinne, when in fact Gráinne is the man behind the curtain.

MORTIMER: My good woman, that’s a little paranoid but I see your point.

REBECCA: I don’t think anything can count as paranoid thinking, Mortimer. That woman is capable of anything.

MORTIMER: Point taken, and I apologize, Rebecca. I’m gonna say I don’t think you’re on target here, though, because Gráinne would be one hundred percent dependent on someone in IT to pull that off, and I can tell you from personal experience that she does not grasp the geek sensibility. I think NMS is a product of Dr. Rudge realizing there has to be a Gráinne-free zone within DODO communications.

REBECCA: So he also understands she might be diabolical.

MORTIMER: He probably learned that from the Fuggers . . . Twenty-first-century bankers have a vested interest in the world not devolving to pre-industrial chaos.

REBECCA: Unless they figure out how to make money from pre-industrial chaos.

MORTIMER: More money than they can make by cornering the chip market? I think not.

REBECCA: But perhaps now Frederick Fugger would be willing to Send somebody back to look for Frank.

MORTIMER: Yeah, but you already tried that. He said no.

REBECCA: We didn’t give him enough information to make an informed decision. We Sent Frank to a village outside Kyoto, correct? Kyoto is a small city, and perhaps he’s drawn attention to himself as an outsider with an unusually canny grasp of many things. The shogun at the time is Ashikaga Yoshimasa, but he’s only fourteen and the court would be ablaze with infighting and competing cabals. If Frank stumbles into all of that, he could really be throwing a spanner into the works. He is so naive in some ways, he could spawn a host of troubles that might even trigger Diachronic Shear. Frederick Fugger would want to prevent that.

MORTIMER: Frederick Fugger wants us to prevent it. I’m sorry, Rebecca.

REBECCA: No, that’s fine, I’m sure I’m being silly. Only, it’s been two weeks and it seems irresponsible of us not to make some attempt to make sure he’s all right.

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