“Excellent!” I said. “Michel, the people in question are three quarters of what we call ‘the Trollbridge Line’, a family group of Floyd and Betty as legal spouses, Barb and Veronika in unspecified related relationships. They are behind ‘Barbarobo’, and are delivering prototypes of two new machines. The first is called ‘Ultor’ and will be MIke’s enforcers.

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“Already done, she will be here at ten with Veronika and Floyd. And two prototypes.” Mica smiled. It’s only a half hour’s flight in their aeroplane, which I know you’ll be fascinated to see.”

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Ah, so a lot of Michel’s public persona was an act! I had suspected as much. I smiled and nodded.

“And we have surprise for you!” Michel brought up another control panel, showing a sound level graph. There was a lot of low-frequency noise, not much in the middle area where human hearing is most sensitive, and a peak at the higher end.

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My phone rang as we were getting back on the golf cart. Michel was doing final temperature checks and would start the pumps in about ten minutes. We made it back to the power gallery just in time. I had my phone on with Mica online, knowing full well that she was monitoring via cameras and mics in the gallery. But most of the workers didn’t know that, and had no reason to know.

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“Anything else we need to cover on the Ultors?” Mica asked. “Just to reiterate, the Barbarobo people are at this same level of trust. All of you will need to be part of our discussions with them. I will inform Barb of the corollary situation.”

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“I will personally interview each final candidate for the Ultor facility and bind them as necessary,” Judith said. I would have to ask her later what personal pain was causing this extreme reaction. I had never seen her this vehement about anything before.

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“I was raised a Pacifist, but Sikhs are at core a warrior faith, dedicated to protecting those weaker than ourselves. I support this mission,” Sandra said with feeling.

“The Barbarobo people of course know all this, it was necessary in order to get their active support,” I said to ensure that issue wouldn’t come up.

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Mica had never been this explicit before, even with me. “Yes, there will be blood and guts. Yes, these interactions will be public. And yes, that’s why I asked for them to be dark red.”

“Wow!” came from all three others present.

“Fucking well about time,” Judith said.

“It’ll serve them right,” Marc added.

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“On that basis then; Ultors are indeed Avengers. I will use them under direct control to remove particularly recalcitrant individuals from the gene pool. They will be a necessary last resort to terminate the most damaging and persistent liars, murderers, and despots from positions of influence.”

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