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           Theygotaveryrigidcodecoverssituationslikethat,andtheykillthereceivertoo,always.Wasitspookstuff?Smithdidn’tthinkso.Spookbizhasavibe,yougetsoyoucansmellit.Well,IhadmycowboybuzzthenewsmorguesuntilwefoundTessier-Ashpoolinlitigation.Thecasewasn’tanything,butwegotthelawfirm.Thenhedidthelawyer’siceandwegotthefamilyaddress.Lottagooditdidus.’

           Caseraisedhiseyebrows.

           `Freeside,’theFinnsaid.`Thespindle.Turnsouttheyowndamnnearthewholething.Theinterestingstuffwasthepicturewegotwhenthecowboyranaregulargo-toonthenewsmorguesandcompiledaprecis.Familyorganization.Corporatestructure.SupposedlyyoucanbuyintoanS.A.,buttherehasn’tbeenashareofTessier-Ashpooltradedontheopenmarketinoverahundredyears.Onanymarket,asfarasIknow.You’relookingataveryquiet,veryeccentricfirst-generationhighorbitfamily,runlikeacorporation.Bigmoney,veryshyofmedia.Lotofcloning.Orbitallaw’salotsofterongeneticengineering,right?Andit’shardtokeeptrackofwhichgeneration,orcombinationofgenerations,isrunningtheshowatagiventime.’

           `How’sthat?’Mollyasked.

           `Gottheirowncryogenicsetup.Evenunderorbitallaw,you’relegallydeadforthedurationofafreeze.Looksliketheytradeoff,thoughnobody’sseenthefoundingfatherinaboutthirtyyears.Foundingmomma,shediedinsomelabaccident...