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Bancroft
was
waiting
for
us
in
an
exotic
conservatory
pinned
to
the
seaward
wing
of
the
house
.
The
glass
walls
were
a
riot
of
alien
colours
and
forms
,
among
which
I
picked
out
a
young
mirrorwood
tree
and
numerous
stands
of
martyrweed
.
Bancroft
was
standing
next
to
one
of
the
latter
,
spraying
it
carefully
with
a
white
metallic
dust
.
I
don
’
t
know
much
about
martyrweed
beyond
its
obvious
uses
as
a
security
device
,
so
I
had
no
idea
what
the
powder
was
.
Bancroft
turned
as
we
came
in
.
"
Please
keep
your
voices
reasonably
low
.
"
His
own
voice
was
curiously
flat
in
the
sound
absorbent
environment
.
"
Martyrweed
is
highly
sensitive
at
this
stage
of
development
.
Mr
.
Kovacs
,
I
assume
you
are
familiar
with
it
.
"
"
Yeah
.
"
I
glanced
at
the
vaguely
hand
-
shaped
cups
of
the
leaves
,
with
the
central
crimson
stains
that
had
given
the
plant
its
name
.
"
You
sure
these
are
mature
?
"
"
Fully
.
On
Adoracion
,
you
’
ll
have
seen
them
larger
,
but
I
had
Nakamura
tailor
these
for
indoor
use
.
This
is
as
secure
as
a
Nilvibe
cabin
and
,
"
he
gestured
to
a
trio
of
steel
frame
chairs
beside
the
martyrweed
,
"
a
great
deal
more
comfortable
.
"
"
You
wanted
to
see
me
,
"
I
said
impatiently
.
"
What
about
?
"
For
just
a
moment
that
black
iron
stare
bent
on
me
with
the
full
force
of
Bancroft
’
s
three
and
a
half
centuries
,
and
it
was
like
locking
gazes
with
a
demon
.
For
that
second
,
the
Meth
soul
was
looking
out
and
I
saw
reflected
in
those
eyes
all
the
myriad
ordinary
single
lives
that
they
had
watched
die
,
like
the
pale
flickerings
of
moths
at
a
flame
.
It
was
an
experience
I
’
d
only
had
once
before
,
and
that
was
when
I
’
d
taken
issue
with
Reileen
Kawahara
.
I
could
feel
the
heat
on
my
wings
.
Then
it
was
gone
,
and
there
was
only
Bancroft
,
moving
to
seat
himself
and
setting
the
powder
spray
aside
on
an
adjacent
table
.
He
looked
up
and
waited
to
see
if
I
would
sit
down
as
well
.
When
I
did
not
,
he
steepled
his
fingers
and
frowned
.
Oumou
Prescott
hovered
between
us
.
"
Mr
.
Kovacs
,
I
am
aware
that
by
the
terms
of
our
contract
I
agreed
to
meet
all
reasonable
expenses
in
this
investigation
,
but
when
I
said
that
,
I
did
not
expect
to
be
paying
for
a
trail
of
wilful
organic
damage
from
one
side
of
Bay
City
to
another
.
I
have
spent
most
of
this
morning
buying
off
both
the
West
Coast
triads
and
the
Bay
City
police
,
neither
of
whom
were
very
well
disposed
towards
me
even
before
you
started
this
carnage
.
I
wonder
if
you
realise
how
much
it
is
costing
me
just
to
keep
you
alive
and
out
of
storage
.
"
