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Guul listens, then says, "That…thing…killed in April was only a clone of Katariki? Remarkable." He thinks a few seconds, then says, "Find him. We want him. If you have an opportunity to gain his confidence first, so much the better—we still wish to learn more about Katariki's agenda, an agenda that includes installing you as CEO of MetaHuman. But ultimately, when you judge the time to be right, you must betray him, and hand him over to us."

Next

Simond Guul joins Winston, Leach, and yourself to attend the press conference, scheduled to take place at a nearby hotel. When you arrive at the hotel, you see that thirty or forty journalists are already milling around inside the conference room—Robyn Goodchild among them, you notice.

You glance through your presentation notes one last time. Of course, the contents of MetaHuman's annual report, though big news for the assembled journalists and the business world in general, are hardly a surprise to you.

In August, you emphasized a strategy based on maximizing productivity by boosting employee satisfaction. You see now this was a dreadful idea. Morale at MetaHuman is in the gutter right now.

This is likely to be a difficult press conference.