I had a hundred questions to ask, but the one at the forefront of my mind was how she had found out about the connection with the Billion Blossoms. ‘That’s easy,’ Prem said. ‘They found me. Or rather, they contacted Lathi.’ ‘I don’t think I understand,’ I said. ‘I do,’ the Horse told Prem. ‘The Billion Blossoms offered to sell Lathi Singleton information about her son. But the price was too high, and so she sent you and your friends to steal it.’ ‘It wasn’t that the price was too high,’ Prem said. She did not seem to mind or notice his impudence. ‘It was a matter of pride.’ I said, ‘Am I to understand that I was not hired to uncover useful information, but to act as a diversion for you and your cousins?’ ‘They were up for a bit of fun. And it was fun, as far as they were concerned.’ ‘There will be repercussions. You have hit the Billion Blossoms. They will hit back.’ ‘My cousins are shipping out soon. They won’t come back here, those of them that survive.
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