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A taxi was already waiting for her. She saw the driver in front of the car waving a hand. There was no need for that, nobody else was around in this cold wasteland. The man was wearing a thick jacket, open, for him the temperature must still have felt quite warm.

"I am a transfer agent working for Green Village. I make sure their personal arrive at their destiny. When you applied for that job and got invited you already have become a VIP. And anything that involves Green Village also involves money. A lot of money."

"Yes, the complex has its own defense ring. They have chosen this bleak area for multiple reasons. The complex is far enough from urban regions in case something happens."

"The thing about Russia is that it doesn't get too hot. It just starts to get comfortable, like Canada. The WCG has chosen Green Village to be the central place for preparing the land for new generations."

"The colder temperature have kept xeno hybrids away. And the toxin levels are here less high. Apparently, they got plans for these latitudes."

"If you say so. But with all this half-dead rusty-green grass and stray trees this doesn't look very inviting."

Blake nodded. "While that is true, you really have to think in decades here."

"Let's face it. Humans only change when they fall flat on their faces. Damage and pain tells them what to avoid, not intelligence. They are ... inert masses. Not a hundred crying little girls with protest banners in front of some institution will change that. People may protest for political and economical independence, for a stable climate and clean oceans. But they don't really want to change themselves."

"You said representatives. Who is voting them into power? It's them. Now don't talk about lobbies, that just excuses. General speaking, the all people drive with their car to the discounter, fly with airplanes into vacations, ship around the oceans and use the smartphone to kick off cascades of server interactions whenever making a simple online search. All the energy has to come from somewhere. Bla. Bla. Bla. The protests are purely symbolic."

"Yes, you are generalizing a lot of things. - And you don't think the politicians are to blame?"

"Of course, they too. They want to become re-elected. Especially policians had have no other profession. Right there a contradiction of being a representative. But the real power comes from the people. And what do they do with it? Little."

"Did you ever had the feeling that fighting politicians over details in talk shows are a gain for our society? The average Joe doesn't have the time to differentiate. In a society of specialization he is not meant to think, but to work. Therefore the slogans must be simple to mobilize them."

"From all your talk I assume you think of people as dangerous stupid animals."

"Interesting point right there. What about ideological dissidents and other people that are strongöy obliged to their own conscience?"

"Exactly. People got inflexible ideas on how a good life has to look like. Sharing resources with others, especially with new strangers, endangers those ideas. Existential fears promote hate and therefor violence. That's why our representatives [https://www.theguardian.com/law/2019/jun/03/icc-submission-calls-for-prosecution-of-eu-over-migrant-deaths have decided to make it difficult for refugees to enter our territory.] The death and torment of the refugees was known to the politicians. And when that information was presented to us, the very most of us gave a damn.<!--[https://www.zeit.de/politik/2019-08/migration-angela-merkel-fordert-staatliche-seenotrettung Two month later a placebo for the rest.]--> - The situation was already bad and it is getting worse."

Blake: "Oh, why not a triple-agent. Haha. No Sir. In order to let the candidates make honest statements I meet them at their wavelength first and then getting to business. ''Stabilizing'' someone's mind can be a delicate matter. But that's what we transfer agents also do. We give memetic support when needed."

"Aha, is that so."

Blake exited the office. He grounded his teeth. "Paranoid asshole. Suspecting me of double play."

They wanted to destroy a police school, TCTF facilities and housing blocks. Griffin pulled togather all his GATC/Blackstars resources to regain control of the Iron Demon and forced the local groups to agree on a no-kill deal. During the years the symbiotic relationship grows stronger and stronger. Griffin's philosophy is that the Yakuza are simply the smaller evil. He know of the historic structures of the Syndicate and that their organization is still growing. One day they will have invaded every part of economy and society so that they cannot be removed anymore. The deal with a Yakuza is in fact a delaying tactic.