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office staff in MarTech. MarTech pays well.’
    ‘They sure do. From my perspective, the gig is easy enough. I’ll be nervous as Hell at the presentation because I don’t want this kit screwing up because I did something wrong, but I even had a very vague word with my acting coach and his opinion was that being nervous would work for us. The audience will see it and know I’m not faking it. I’ll need good briefing material for the stand though. So will anyone else you plan to have on there.’
    ‘We’ve got that taken care of,’ Vaughn said. ‘Full briefing documents and a virtual tutor program which can take you through the company line on pretty much everything. What kind of implant do you have?’
    ‘It’s a MarTech VirtAI Ten.’
    ‘But she runs LWOS on it,’ Fox added.
    Marie’s cheeks coloured. ‘It does what I need!’
    ‘The hardware is quite adequate to run our software,’ Vaughn said. ‘LWOS is perfectly adequate for many people, Fox, even if I believe a true virtual assistant is preferable.’
    ‘Rumour is that LifeWeb agree,’ Eaves said. ‘The version seven software is apparently going to be quite an upgrade. Class three AI instead of class two. Increased use of modularity to make it more flexible.’
    ‘They’ve built LWOS on a class two for years,’ Fox said. ‘Why the change?’
    ‘Well, rumour is that it was Grant that kept the same codebase going. Now he’s finally retired they’re taking the opportunity to shift to more effective software. Yet another rumour suggests that they may produce a class four AI version which would finally be effective with all those social interaction modules they tried to force onto a class two.’
    ‘I love sitting in on board meetings,’ Marie muttered, her eyes wide.
    ‘Your implant could not run a class four AI, Marie,’ Kit informed her, smiling, ‘but it could handle a class three, assuming they do not go over the top with it.’
    ‘I can live with that,’ Marie replied. ‘Anyway, if we’ve got support for the stand, it should be good. Have you decided on some sort of corporate look for us minions?’ Eaves looked at Vaughn who blinked back at him. ‘Maybe something like the uniform you use for your security people?’
    ‘I’ll talk to marketing,’ Eaves said. ‘Good call. You can come to our meetings more often.’
    ‘She’s going to be cleaning my home,’ Fox said. ‘Don’t be surprised if she does.’
    ~~~
    The murder room was looking full. Fox turned slowly, taking in the new images and links. ‘Are you sure about this, Kit?’
    Kit nodded. ‘Ninety-two per cent taken across the board with a variance of three point nine per cent. Eleven victims so far, the last of those was found on April twenty-seventh of this year in Berlin, Germany. I do not believe I will uncover more until the killer strikes again.’
    Fox followed the trail. ‘So he kills number six here and then number seven turns up on Christmas Day in Cape Town, South African Federation.’
    ‘And another in March, but the ninth, tenth, and eleventh are in Berlin. He took advantage of the season shift between hemispheres. He continues to like good weather for his murders.’
    ‘April seems early for summer in Germany.’
    ‘A little, yes, but I have not been able to determine how he picks his victims. Perhaps he found someone he had to have and could not wait.’
    ‘Maybe. Do you know whether the German cops have marked these down as a serial?’
    ‘If they have, they are being tight-lipped about it.’
    ‘Okay, meetings. I want to talk to the investigating officer on the New York cases. Get me an appointment at the UNTPP and we’ll see if they can chase up the Germans. And get me a slot with August. You’ll need to go through NAPA since he’s under house arrest.’
    ‘I will notify you when the meetings are confirmed. What will you do?’
    ‘Start scanning the data you have on these other killings. No one in New York came up as a potential when you