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could turn up the answer--"

"Filbert said you can't do that," I said. "He said he could
only decode a page at a time, and he couldn't do searches."

"I don't care about the given user interface. Sir, I think
I could work my way around it by controlling the organic
decoder."

"Could you do it without damaging it?" Rinhurst asked. "If
the decoder is infected or affected in any way, it could destroy
my best chance at cheating death. That would NOT please me."

"I assure you that with more controlled tests, I could very
well crack the code after studying the organic unit. If I--"

"Why not just play by the rules?" I asked.

McDoole looked daggers at me for interrupting, but I
continued anyway. "See, all encrypted information is meant to be
un-crypted by SOMEONE, via a standard process of knowing the
password. It looks kinda like this Filbert joeboy wanted people
to find out about immortality. I mean, if he didn't, he wouldn't
have written it down in any digital or script way. So, we just
do what the recordin' says and play by the rules, and figure it
out."

"What are the rules?" Rinhurst asked.

"He said I gotta read the autobiography on the disk, then if
I can answer a pop quiz he'll unlock the secret."

"There's no guarantee this course of action will work,"
McDoole said. "Sir, it would be easier to get the information
directly than plowing through the rants of a near-death madman to
play quiz show. I am confident that by studying the readings I
have taken so far, I can uncode that secret."

"Martin, you do that," Rinhurst said.

McDoole brightened up instantly, but did not smile. "Thank
you, sir. You won't regret it."

"Rynard, you get reading," Rinhurst said.

"What?" McDoole asked. "But I thought..."

"Whoever can get to the secret of eternal life first wins,"
Rinhurst said. "Although really you're both going to be paid.
McDoole in grants and Lopwagen in recommendations. So please, no