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That
cracked
them
up
.
Suntouch
House
October
2nd
Takeshi
-
san
,
When
you
receive
this
letter
,
you
will
doubtless
be
somewhat
disoriented
.
I
offer
my
sincere
apologies
for
this
,
but
I
have
been
assured
that
the
training
you
underwent
with
the
Envoy
Corps
should
enable
you
to
deal
with
the
situation
.
Similarly
,
I
assure
you
that
I
would
not
have
subjected
you
to
any
of
this
had
my
own
situation
not
been
desperate
.
My
name
is
Laurens
Bancroft
.
Coming
as
you
do
from
the
colonies
,
this
may
not
mean
anything
to
you
.
Suffice
it
to
say
that
I
am
a
rich
and
powerful
man
here
on
Earth
,
and
have
made
many
enemies
as
a
result
.
Six
weeks
ago
I
was
murdered
,
an
act
which
the
police
,
for
reasons
of
their
own
,
have
chosen
to
regard
as
suicide
.
Since
the
murderers
ultimately
failed
I
can
only
assume
that
they
will
try
again
and
,
in
view
of
the
police
attitude
,
they
may
well
succeed
.
Clearly
you
will
wonder
what
all
this
has
to
do
with
you
and
why
you
have
been
dragged
a
hundred
and
eighty
-
six
light
years
out
of
storage
to
deal
with
such
a
local
matter
.
I
have
been
advised
by
my
lawyers
to
retain
a
private
investigator
,
but
owing
to
my
prominence
in
the
global
community
,
I
am
unable
to
trust
anyone
I
could
engage
locally
.
I
was
given
your
name
by
Reileen
Kawahara
,
for
whom
I
understand
you
did
some
work
on
New
Beijing
eight
years
ago
.
The
Envoy
Corps
were
able
to
locate
you
in
Kanagawa
within
two
days
of
my
requesting
your
whereabouts
,
though
in
view
of
your
discharge
and
subsequent
activities
they
were
unable
to
offer
any
kind
of
operational
guarantees
or
pledges
.
It
is
my
understanding
that
you
are
your
own
man
.
The
terms
under
which
you
have
been
released
are
as
follows
:
You
are
contracted
to
work
for
me
for
a
period
of
six
weeks
with
an
option
for
me
to
renew
at
the
end
of
that
time
should
further
work
be
necessary
.
During
this
time
I
shall
be
responsible
for
all
reasonable
expenses
incurred
by
your
investigation
.
In
addition
,
I
shall
cover
the
cost
of
sleeve
rental
for
this
period
.
In
the
event
that
you
conclude
the
investigation
successfully
,
the
remainder
of
your
storage
sentence
at
Kanagawa
—
one
hundred
and
seventeen
years
and
four
months
—
will
be
annulled
and
you
will
be
refreighted
to
Harlan
’
s
World
for
immediate
release
in
a
sleeve
of
your
own
choosing
.
Alternatively
,
I
undertake
to
pay
off
the
balance
of
the
mortgage
on
your
current
sleeve
here
on
Earth
and
you
may
become
a
naturalised
UN
citizen
In
either
case
the
sum
of
one
hundred
thousand
UN
dollars
,
or
equivalent
,
will
be
credited
to
you
.
I
believe
these
terms
to
be
generous
but
I
should
add
that
I
am
not
a
man
to
be
trifled
with
.
In
the
event
that
your
investigation
fails
and
I
am
killed
,
or
that
you
attempt
to
in
any
way
escape
or
evade
the
terms
of
your
contract
,
the
sleeve
lease
will
be
terminated
immediately
and
you
will
be
returned
to
storage
to
complete
your
sentence
here
on
Earth
.
Any
further
legal
penalties
that
you
incur
may
be
added
to
that
sentence
.
Should
you
choose
not
to
accept
my
contract
from
the
outset
,
you
will
also
be
returned
to
storage
immediately
,
though
I
cannot
undertake
to
refreight
you
to
Harlan
’
s
World
in
this
case
.
