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...king, to steal into their orchard and pluck that fruit for me.  Is that clear?"

"Not really.  If you want their research notes, you'll need a hacker, not a burglar."

"I don't want the notes.  I want the thing itself, the substance.  Bring me a vial, flask, or tube of their formula.  If you're unable to carry it out in glass, then ingest it and bring it to me in your flesh."

Gun glanced towards the door.  "I'm not really an ingesting kind of guy."

"It would be harmless.  The formula in its current form is inert, perfectly safe.  Unless, of course, you're allergic to stigmata."  Bates emitted a thin laugh that made Gun think of the swan outside.  "A joke, Gun.  You're free to turn me down.  But don't you want six hundred grand?  I think you do."

God help him, he did, and he shook Bates' hand.  Bates had a very weak grip.  It was almost a child's handshake.

Plucking the Fruit

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