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Rook

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Autoren: Daniel O'Malley
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the web around Van Syoc. “Jesus, he’s going to break those too. Get Depuy up here
now!

    An elderly man with a walking stick appeared in the doorway, accompanied by a woman in a nurse’s outfit. He hobbled painfully to the squirming mass of ropes on the floor, leaned over his face, and breathed out a single quick breath. Van Syoc immediately went limp, and Depuy turned around and hobbled out.
    “All right,” sighed the female Pawn. “We’d better move him. Drape some sheets over him, get the dollies, and let’s start cleaning up.”
    V an Syoc was transported to the Rookery,” said Gestalt, “where he was placed in a system of restraints that could ensure he would not activate his implants. Dr. Crisp then woke him from his sedation and began an interrogation, with the Rooks and some of the section leaders present. We learned that he was an agent of the Grafters and that they have a specific agenda.” He paused, and Myfanwy seized the opportunity to continue the story.
    “Van Syoc died during the questioning, under circumstances that are being investigated. It has been put forward that some sort of self-destruct mechanism was activated. But certain details were extracted. It appears that Van Syoc was a scout and that he was there as a precursor to an invasion by the Grafters.” Gestalt was nodding seriously, but all the others looked incredulous.
I guess it must be difficult for them. It’s like saying that the Normans are staging a comeback.
Finally, Wattleman came out of his trance and addressed the Chevaliers, Eckhart and Gubbins.
    “Gentlemen, you are responsible for foreign operations. Have you had even the vaguest idea that this might be on the horizon?” Myfanwy suddenly felt bad for the Chevaliers, one with his cigarettes and the other who appeared to be braiding his arms.
    “Well, Sir Henry, you must remember that we do not actually oversee the entire world,” pointed out Eckhart mildly. “If that were so, then we would require a much larger budget.”
    “If this country is about to be invaded, then it does not seem unreasonable to expect that you might know about it,” said Lady Farrier.
    “I suppose not,” Eckhart replied, “but we are really not an in-depth espionage operation. We are weapons. We are pointed and unleashed. There are other branches of the government that deal with international intelligence gathering. They tell us what poses a threat, and we take care of it.”
    “Well, your domestic siblings appear to have identified the problem, and now it falls to you to
take care of it,
” Wattleman said coldly.
    “Forgive me,” said Conrad Grantchester, “but could someone refresh my memory about these Grafters?” Everyone turned expectantly to Myfanwy, and she froze.
Ah, looks like I’m the nerd here. Thank heavens I did my homework.
    “The Grafters are the Wetenschappelijk Broederschap van Natuurkundigen, which translates roughly as ‘the Scientific Brotherhood of Scientists,’ ” she began.
    “Catchy,” said Eckhart.
    She gave them a quick rundown, and Farrier gave her an approving (and somewhat surprised) nod.
    “Well,” said Grantchester, “whom do we inform?”
    “The Palace,” said Farrier.
    “The Prime Minister,” said Wattleman.
    “The Minister of Defense,” said Eckhart.
    “The chiefs of the intelligence agencies?” suggested Gubbins.
    “Oh God, must we?” asked Grantchester tiredly. “They’re always so obnoxious if we turn up something they don’t know about, and anything even vaguely unusual makes them nervous. Can you imagine what they’d do if they saw this tape? It’s so embarrassing when spies start crying.”
    “How much are we obliged to tell them?” asked Gubbins, who was cracking his neck, having twisted his head to the right substantially more than was normal for a human being.
    “You’ll all recall that when the major-incident-response system was installed after the London bombings, special capabilities wereput in for the Checquy,” said Eckhart. “We can have the airports and ferries up their security, focusing on new arrivals from the Continent. They needn’t even check luggage.”
    “Why bother?” wondered Grantchester. “Apparently they can store all the important stuff inside their bodies anyway. And I’m assuming their enhancements don’t show up on metal detectors.”
    “That’s true,” conceded Myfanwy. “But sniffer dogs seem to notice them. They were quite wary of Van Syoc—that was one of the

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