Wilderness set out his theory in a long, coded letter to Eddie.
The replies:
—I said I didn’t have figures for Russian cobalt production. You might deduce that as they’re stuffed for nickel they may well be stuffed for cobalt. But equally you might not. And just because Russia isn’t producing cobalt right now it doesn’t mean they haven’t got stockpiles of the stuff. Are you sure about this?
—No.
—Okey dokey. So what, in your uncertainty, do you mean to do about our old pal?
—Confront him.
—I get the feeling you’ve been putting that off?
—I asked once and he just dodged the bullet.
—That’s a metaphor, right?
—It was last time. It won’t be this time.
—Oh fuckin’ Ada.