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you find them?”
    “I’d much rather leave that to the armed forces, but I don’t think we’re going to be able to trust them. Once I crack these things, I’m only going to tell a few people in camp. Just the inner circle.”
    “Good,” Jeb said. “Once the enemy figures out that we’re onto their system, how quickly could they change it?”
    “Well, that’s the beauty of this. I don’t think they can get themselves out of danger without removing the chips.”
    “You don’t think they can re-program them remotely?”
    “I’ll be able to tell that when I get into them. Even if they can re-program them, they’ll still have to access them the same way they do now, and I think I’ll be able to see it and react accordingly.”
    “Is this a pipe dream, Frank, or can you really do this?” Jeb asked. “Be honest.”
    “Oh, yeah, I can do it, but I’ll need some un-interrupted time…hence the desire to stay here for now.”
    “Why not just leave, and get to these chips when you can?”
    “This is urgent, for my kids, and my country. It won’t be easy to get set up this well somewhere else. Staying here is worth the risk.”
    “Noble,” Jeb said. “I don’t have any kids. I don’t have much invested in this society anymore. Just friends like you and Jerry and Charlie.”
    “How serious are you about Rosie?”
    “More serious than I’d like to be now.” He coughed, not wanting Frank to see his emotion.
    “You’re in love with her.”
    Jeb just looked at him. “I know, stupid, right?”
    “No, not even a little bit. Do you see yourself getting hitched?”
    “She wants that. I do too, but not until we get past this crap. If we get past this crap.”
    “Well, something to consider,” Frank said, looking Jeb in the eye. “You may have grandkids in your future.”
    “Jerry and Jasmine?”
    “Don’t say anything.”
    “They aren’t pregnant yet, are they?”
    “No, but they’re trying.”
    “Rosie said something about that, but I thought she was just kidding around.”
    “She wasn’t. She’s encouraging it.”
    “Why?” Jeb asked.
    “She loves this country, and wants to see the people continue to build the society.”
    “Well, that’s the truth. She wants us to fight.” He looked over at Frank, and then out into the dark again. “She’s right.”
    “I think so. If we don’t retake the country, there won’t be anywhere we can hide. Not these days. The world is too small. Everything is exposed, even if it doesn’t feel like it.”
    “Yeah. If you need any help from me on these chips, you just let me know.”
    “We’ll need your help in a couple of days. Jerry and I are going to take his rig out in the boonies, out of range of the cell towers, so we can experiment with the chips without giving ourselves away. We’ll need some sharp shooters to go along in a toad.”
    “I thought you knew these guys were aware of our location? Why worry about doing it here?”
    “I don’t want the enemy to figure out that I’m working on cracking them,” Frank said.
    “Oh. I get it.”
    “I’d better get back in to Jane. You going back in?”
    “In a few minutes. I need some quiet time to think.”
    “Okay, Jeb, see you later.”
    Frank walked back inside and found Jane over by the kitchen door, talking to Mary.
    “You and Jeb have a nice chat?” Jane asked.
    “Yeah.”
    “Everything okay?” Mary asked.
    “Yes, everything’s good. What’s going on in here?”
    “Nothing much,” Jane said. “We actually went through all of the venison they cooked up. It was a hit.”
    “Yeah, it was great. I’m not a huge fan of game, but this was cooked so well.”
    “Thanks,” Mary said. “We had fun doing it. If you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go find Kurt. I want to get to bed early tonight. Goodnight.”
    “Goodnight,” Jane said as she walked away.
    “Well?” Jane asked.
    “Nothing you don’t know about, sweetie,” Frank said. “Jeb just needed a little quiet time.