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[shiro2hero]

[Deep breaths. This is fine. This is all going to be fine. They can do this.]

[But if he broadens the search pool, the better the chances of this working out. As much as he hates to think about what he'd learned, as much as he wants to pretend it's all okay...]

[His voice is steady as ever, over the TAB. Despite the late hour.]

I'm looking for someone good with data extraction and compilation. Especially someone who can do that for alien or unfamiliar tech.

Maybe even translating unknown languages. I can't say for sure.

I'll take any help you can offer.

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[shiro2hero]

I honestly can't tell you more than I already have. Because I just don't know. Things like file size, compression... I don't know that information.

[This would be easier if he did. If he knew anything about it. Any solid information.]

What are your methods, exactly? [Because better to be safe than sorry.] Right -- sorry.

It's Shiro.

[a_perfect_end]

Got it. [Brisk and matter of fact] I'll be able to tell you all of that with a quick look, within reason.

[Oh, solid info he can get. But it just might cost his new friend an arm and a leg.]

Hah. These days, most of it's done through the TAB interface--I'm missing some essential tools for the setup I would've used back home, but the processes are near-identical. Very effective. Automation of basic operations, many times over...

[He can't quite keep the gleam from his eye--like the greed of a teenager with their first IPhone--]

It would help if I could get a look at your device.

...Shiro.

Looking forward to working with you, man.

[shiro2hero]

"Within reason". What kind of reason?

[The data is important. If there's anything that can help his team faster, then... they need to get it. Right when they get back. If not sooner.]

[So... anything goes, right?]

I'm not really comfortable waving it around over the network, publicly. Since it's sort of personal.

[a_perfect_end]

[There it is again--the concern, not with his methods, but for his motives. And since his in this equation are a combination of overwhelming daily boredom and outright greed--]

Huh? Oh, I meant the file itself. [True and easy through his teeth.] Our results will be less spectacular if it's no good. I mean, garbage in, garbage out, right?

Ah. Sensitive data? I think I understand.

...You'd rather meet somewhere?

[shiro2hero]

I guess so. [It's sensitive because of where it comes from. And because of how important it might be to his teammates.] It won't be garbage. I have good authority there's something viable in there.

... Probably better, yeah.

hi I'm the slowest tagger ever created

[a_perfect_end]

Well hey, if it comes from good authority--I can get your viable something, at the literal least.

Oh, I can be very discreet.

D'you have a preference? Some sort of neutral locale? There's no shortage of parks or libraries or dodgier venues in Region 1.