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<blockquote data-quote="writernextdoor" data-source="post: 6027884" data-attributes="member: 6689303"><p>Garrett's bar is a quiet neighborhood's worst nightmare. It's grimy, dingy, poorly lit and looks like it should be condemned. Garrett was a war vet, though no one was sure which war. </p><p></p><p>MikeSmith liked the place. It was quiet. There was always something to watch on TV, and for eight bucks he could get two pitchers of beer and onion rings. And then he could unwind, maybe telling Garrett how his day was, or whether or not he was getting "too old for this nonsense". </p><p></p><p>On this particular night, the onion rings and beer weren't cutting it. He couldn't bring himself to lift the cup. He broke Mace's one rule - Bend, but never break. He did break, and he was sure that everyone knew. </p><p></p><p>From day one the rule was: Break, and you're out. Either the other side will kill you, or you should just shoot yourself, because a broken agent is no agent at all. MikeSmith knew this, he knew all the risks and there was a pistol in the glovebox of the truck waiting for him. Calling to him. He'd finish his beer and take care of business. Let someone else clean up the mess and sort out the pieces. There was a cover ID [Forgery 2 point spend, Cover 1 point spend] for people to find - Mike Smith, electrician, dead at the age of 39. He knew his cover obit well. </p><p></p><p>MikeSmith sat with his thoughts.</p><p></p><p>"It's not about the kids."</p><p>"The adoption agency."</p><p>"Kids with target information."</p><p>"Bend, but don't break."</p><p>"They're just food."</p><p></p><p>So, on a bar napkin, he began to draw one of Mace's diagrams. Mace was always drawing pyramids and string charts, the man was obsessive after all, and now in what Mike thought were his final minutes, he was doing it too. </p><p></p><p>'Why train kids if they're only food?' he wrote on a napkin when Garrett handed him a banana.</p><p></p><p>"You don't look so good." The old bartender gruffed, "You gotta eat better. You are what you eat, afterall."</p><p></p><p>And that was it. That's the plan. </p><p></p><p>You are what you eat. </p><p></p><p>Mike used the last minutes of his burner cell phone to call Mace and explain the theory. Mace told him to get to the nearest safehouse immediately. He was calling a meeting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="writernextdoor, post: 6027884, member: 6689303"] Garrett's bar is a quiet neighborhood's worst nightmare. It's grimy, dingy, poorly lit and looks like it should be condemned. Garrett was a war vet, though no one was sure which war. MikeSmith liked the place. It was quiet. There was always something to watch on TV, and for eight bucks he could get two pitchers of beer and onion rings. And then he could unwind, maybe telling Garrett how his day was, or whether or not he was getting "too old for this nonsense". On this particular night, the onion rings and beer weren't cutting it. He couldn't bring himself to lift the cup. He broke Mace's one rule - Bend, but never break. He did break, and he was sure that everyone knew. From day one the rule was: Break, and you're out. Either the other side will kill you, or you should just shoot yourself, because a broken agent is no agent at all. MikeSmith knew this, he knew all the risks and there was a pistol in the glovebox of the truck waiting for him. Calling to him. He'd finish his beer and take care of business. Let someone else clean up the mess and sort out the pieces. There was a cover ID [Forgery 2 point spend, Cover 1 point spend] for people to find - Mike Smith, electrician, dead at the age of 39. He knew his cover obit well. MikeSmith sat with his thoughts. "It's not about the kids." "The adoption agency." "Kids with target information." "Bend, but don't break." "They're just food." So, on a bar napkin, he began to draw one of Mace's diagrams. Mace was always drawing pyramids and string charts, the man was obsessive after all, and now in what Mike thought were his final minutes, he was doing it too. 'Why train kids if they're only food?' he wrote on a napkin when Garrett handed him a banana. "You don't look so good." The old bartender gruffed, "You gotta eat better. You are what you eat, afterall." And that was it. That's the plan. You are what you eat. Mike used the last minutes of his burner cell phone to call Mace and explain the theory. Mace told him to get to the nearest safehouse immediately. He was calling a meeting. [/QUOTE]
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