Unwinding Cluster: Now Uploaded
While I certainly have no intent to violate the gentlemen’s agreement to avoid talking about Cluster contributions, I will say that this part of the story was especially hard to work out because so many people seem to know so many things already.
The man in the business suit was aware of the meeting between Bowler/Barnaby and Linda, was clearly aware of what was being exchanged, and knew Linda’s relationship to Carlsberg Trust. Given that he, from the dialogue, is presumably closely associated with Amanutek, this is quite a bit of knowledge to deal with from a story standpoint.
I made a kind of mind map-style character chart plotting the relationships between the characters, which are already quite complex even at only the fifth fragment.
I have to say I really like Swansgrace as a tragic character. Between Lazarus and TREB, it’s hard to put a finger on the trajectory of the villains’ plot. I’m hoping my update helped this somewhat.