Jacques chomped on his hotdog as Eugene approached, fresh out of the station.
"So? You got it?" he asked, wiping mustard from his chin.
Eugene flashed his phone. "Yeah. Copied it here."
"What's the scoop?"
"Later," he said, waving his hand. "Let's walk and talk."
They fell into step, ducking under floating ad-spheres that tracked their consumer profiles and past the street vendors hawking vat-grown delicacies from self-sterilizing carts.
"Alright, spill it," Jacques prompted, tossing his wrapper in a nearby recycler.