Strip 373
RENEE Can you confirm this intel’, Richard?
DICK I’m afraid so. We’ve broken up a couple of remote cells and they all suggest that the damage goes deep. We need to get you out of there, Renee.
RENEE I just can’t believe that GSI has gone bad. I’ve worked with these people for years.
DICK I know how you feel.
DICK I often feel like my coworkers are working against me.
RENEE I knew they didn’t clean out the microwave, but…
Strip 372
DICK Nadia, there’s no evidence that Renee has any connection to the renegade GSI elements. And at the rate that they’re corrupting their ranks, I can’t guarantee her safety within that organization. I’d like to request permission to extract her.
NADIA A bit sentimental for you, isn’t it Richard?
DICK She’s a valuable operative, I’d hate to see her go to waste on a sinking ship when she could be more valuable as one of our agents.
NADIA You want me to give your girlfriend a job?
DICK She’s not my girlfriend, we just….
(Nadia glares at Dick knowingly)
DICK Actually “Girlfriend” probably is the safest description.
Strip 371
NADIA What did you find out about the pizzeria?
DICK Apparently it’s a GSI organization
NADIA GSI? That can’t be right.
DICK It appears that there have been several splinters within the GSI organization who have been corrupting the organization.
NADIA How bad is it?
DICK Our best estimate is that, with the new recruitment surge of the agency, the renegade operatives have taken over 80% of the GSI organization.
NADIA If only they’d use that bailout package for good instead of evil.
DICK True.