"You could," Kade admitted. "But then you'd be a prisoner in a corpse. I can get you out. Not onto the Net—they'll hunt you there. But into the Purification Hub. It's an isolated system. You want to be the water? Be the water. Control the flow. Save the city, and you stick it to the people who caged you."

Align "Pin 1" (marked by a dimple or notch) with the PCB silkscreen mark.

Kade looked at the entrance to the alley. Sirens wailed in the distance. The Corporation drones were sweeping the sector. If he wiped the drive, he lived, but the city died of thirst. If he tried to negotiate, he’d likely stroke out, and the city would still die.