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 Hare looked the kid up and down.  His eyes were wide. He had a hunger to learn. It aggrieved him to see this undirected, crackling energy.
-It with time to have some fun. Hare chuckled to himself. He rustled in the the hopper and pulled out an NDA, just to shut him up.
+It was time to have some fun. Hare chuckled to himself. He rustled in the the hopper and pulled out a lightweight aluminium contraption with a non-disclosure mechanic.
-What do you make of this one? In time you'll do these in your sleep.
+What do you make of this one then, lad?
+He tossed it to the boy. Barberazza took it low, with his left hand. Reflex catch. He weighed it in his hands, turned it over, and took a sighter.
+Well?
+Nice pick-up. Handles smoothly, though a bit front heavy.
+And?
 The boy deftly disassembled it and lined up the parts. His hands flew, urgently but carefully. He went through the standard confi playbook. The boy was well-drilled, he had to admit.
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 Hare purred. “see? That's how you do it son."
-“ — But there are a couple of backdoor security issues.”
+“ — But the balance is off by quite a bit, and there are a couple of backdoor security issues.”
-“what”
+“What?”
-“No [[NOM]] and it’s vulnerable to an DEA attack.”
+“No [[NOM]] and it’s vulnerable to an DEA attack, sir.”
 “Er, a —”
-“Denial of Entire Agreement attack, sir.” Cloyingly submissive, the little bastard
+“Denial of Entire Agreement attack, sir.” Cloyingly submissive, the little bastard.
+Hare gritted his teeth. That excellent work, soldier. You've picked all all of the issues with this one.”
+But the boy hasn't finished with the side arm.  There's a general indemnity. that's mad. Who the hell puts one of those in a confi?
+The boy flipped a catch. What the hell ... A boc indemnity. That's positively dangerous. He carefully set the piece down on the bench and works at it with his red line. He made a couple of careful incisions and slowly, delicately, withdrew the offending mechanism and dropped it in the sterilising waste receptacle.
+I —
+That was close sir.
+Against his better judgement have hurt himself bloat out, what is a BOC indemnity?
+Indemnity for breach of contract sir Colin can create significant localised explosions. High degree of indeterminacy, chain reactions possible. Who the hell drafted —
+But at that moment the b
 Barberazza got back to work. “Gimme another one, sir. We got a lot to get through. The Eagle Squad needs these at the front line”