" I had never been that close to a big jackpot like that, but it escaped!" Mr. Gaetan lamented aloud. He adjusted his tie as he poured himself more drinks and offered to pour some for his newfound drinking buddy. The bar wasn't quiet, but it wasn't as noisy as it usually was on busier days.
"What is this jackpot about?"
"Do you know about what happened in France about three years ago that almost turned the world over?"
"The war?"
"What do you think these people relied on? The human war machines they created!"
"Where are those machines now?"
"All destabilized. None left behind! That young minister of technology was so thorough—Rosalie. I don't know why a woman wants to do so much. She and her secret team destroyed key people in the war and took down all the paramilitary technology."
"So you then saw one of them?"
"Not one, per se, but I'm sure it was the paramilitary technology that was used on him."
