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==Synopsis==
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===Part 2===
The following day, Peter has Aaron fitted for a suit, and with the addition of a toupee and dark glasses, his human disguise is complete. Benjamin shows him around the office at [[Delmar Insurance]], where he is to replace an investigator, Rambo, that was recently let go. [[Patrick Gilroy|Gilroy]] interrupts to hand Benjamin the [[James Anderson]] policy, and they discuss how the client should beef up his security measures. Benjamin asks Aaron to run the policy down to [[Compucord]], the company's computerised records room.
In a small loft on the Lower West Side, the Binary Bug suits up, ready for a second score, but not before a late night visit to Delmar. Once again hacking into the building from high up, the Binary Bug navigates through the office to Compucord, where he steals information on the company's clients.
Outside a midtown movie house, Peter and Aaron discuss the human need for leisure, when Aaron notices the bizarre flight pattern of a grey cloud – the grey cloud that cloaks the Binary Bug's craft from view.
The Binary Bug flies to the Anderson estate in Westchester, where a party is being thrown celebrating Anderson's youngest daughter's birthday. At first, the guests think the Binary Bug is a hired attraction, but they realise the truth as he begins stealing belongings from the manor and guests. Subduing Anderson and his small security detail, the Bug gleefully collects Anderson's rare paintings, and makes for his two million dollars' worth of diamonds.
The next day, at Delmar, Byron J. Benjamin is in complete disbelief – this is the third time in three weeks that a Delmar-insured client has been robbed, with the sum value of stolen goods totalling around seven million dollars. Aaron notes that it can't be a coincidence that Benjamin's apartment was broken into – someone with a grudge must be targeting Delmar clients in order to bankrupt the company.
After the meeting adjourns, Aaron is approached by an amorous co-worker, [[Maggie Jones]], who invites him over for cocktails "and, well... whatever", but she is affronted when Aaron shows no interest. The local wiseguy, [[Eddie Harris]], congratulates Aaron on handling Maggie, but his slap on the back produces a metallic thunk. Aaron brusquely dismisses him.
At his new Park Avenue Penthouse bought with dirty money, an unmasked Binary Bug looks over his stolen valuables, vowing that Benjamin will suffer for firing him from the company!
===Part 3===
==Featured characters==
*The [[Binary Bug]]
*[[Harry Wilkins]]
*[[Frank Cirrado]]
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*[[Hiram Goldstein]]
*[[Patrick Gilroy]]
*[[James Anderson]]'s
*James Anderson's security
*James Anderson
*[[Maggie Jones]]
*[[Pamela Quinn]] (unnamed)
*"[[Eddie Harris|Eddie White]]" (see continuity errors)
==Quotes==
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"I prefer Aaron."
:—'''Benjamin''' and '''Machi—''' er, '''Aaron'''.
"Row after row of desks. Everything is the same. Small cubicles, all without individuality. I came here to learn about people and their '''differences'''. This seems rather '''de'''humanizing to me."
:-'''Aaron''' doesn't think much of the office.
'''Maggie:''' "Sayyy, who's Mr. Tall, Dark and Handsome?"<br>
'''Pamela:''' "His name's Aaron Stack. Hired as an investigator Monday... to replace Rambo."<br>
'''Maggie:''' "Mmmm, I wouldn't mind investigating '''him!'''"
==Notes==
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===Continuity errors===
*Aaron coldly refers to Eddie as "Mr. Edward White", presumably in subtle retaliation for Eddie calling him "Aarie". After this story, Eddie's surname is Harris.
===Continuity notes===
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*Goldstein calls himself "the [[w:Pablo Picasso|Picasso]] of men's wear", and asks if Machine Man plays quarterback for the [[w:Pittsburgh Steelers|Steelers]].
*Footnotes define "RAM" and "bytes" using quotes credited to [https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_Home_Computer_Book.html?id=ne8GAAAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y The Home Computer Book by Len Buckwalter].
*Peter tells Aaron of the expression "[[w:All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy|All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy]]."
*Anderson's collection includes a [[w:Ming presentation porcelain|Ming vase]] and art by [[w:Claude Monet|Monet]], [[w:Francisco Goya|Goya]], [[w:Édouard Manet|Manet]], and [[w:Eugène Delacroix|Delacroix]].
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