The Intangibles

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"You've been troubled?"

"Yes. Good word. Troubled. Yes. Like a home for troubled teens. Funny. Yes."

"And what exactly is troubling you?"

"Well, we fight, we win."

"And that is a source of trouble? I find it a matter of triumph and delight, myself."

"But. They'll die out anyway. They are passenger pigeons and thylacines. Yes? Who cares? This way, it's going to be a bloodbath."

"Ah." Mr. World nodded.

He was following. That was good. The fat kid said, "Look, I'm not the only one who feels this way. I've checked with the crew at Radio Modern, and they're all for settling this peacefully; and the intangibles are pretty much in favor of letting market forces take care of it. I'm being. You know. The voice of reason here."

"You are indeed. Unfortunately, there is information you do not have." The smile that followed was twisted and scarred.

Gods of the Stock Market, of securities and trades, of trade and upheaval, debt, fortune, and risk: chaotic synthetic notes, bubbling aldehydes, and the electric green of market euphoria.

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