Strip 858 -- First Seen: 2011-12-30
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The Transcript For This Page

Panel 1
Back to Tobi at his desk, now sitting in the chair again and leaning on the desk on his elbows.
Tobi: So, Nowra got past the listeners, but how did his family get an unlocked comm to him?
Panel 2
Resume flashback: An aboriginal woman and a teenaged-girl relative are at an open-air market, by a stand with various types of fruit, including a bin of durian fruit. The woman holds up one of the fruits, examining it critically.

Caption (Bert): 'They inserted it into a durian fruit.
Caption (Bert): 'Durians are from Southeast Asia, readily available in Australian Chinese markets, and ...
Panel 3
Cut back to Tobi at his desk, wrinkling up his nose.
Tobi: … smell like shit, literally.
Tobi: Know it, hate it, but I'm sure it would be great for smuggling black-market comms.

Panel 4
Another flashback panel. A man with a badge has a box opened and is holding up the durian fruit. He turns his head and wrinkles his nose, clearly offended.
Caption (Tobi): 'Anyone who examined it would be repelled by the smell.'

Panel 5
Cut to Bert at his desk.
Bert: So, we have a man inside, secure communications, and we know the layout of the place.
Bert: All we need is ...


Panel 6
Cut to Tobi at his desk, looking resolute.
Tobi: … me. Okay, I'm in.
Tobi: Last question: What do you need from me?

Panel 7
Medium close-up of Bert, with a wry smile.
Bert: Lawyers, guns and money?