But Perry had obviously been doing some snooping. I took advantage of him opening various file archives to piggyback onto his queries. The tech they’re selling us is legit—but it was meant for another deal that fell through. They want to get their money back on it as soon as they can. I looked back at the Initial Official. “Now, then—about that price. I’m sure we can do a little better than that, can’t we? I mean, I’m sure you don’t want that VSS tech to sit around gathering dust any more than we do.” Thanks to Perry’s insight, and probably helped by the fact the Initial Official was now
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