Alex: The coffee's destroyed.
Pequod's Manager: Yeah? All of it?
Alex: They'll have to replace the entire inventory.
Manager: Good work, Tarsus man. Here's your compensation. I wonder what lucky corporations get to hire the Tarsus grads.
Alex: I'm afraid the school keeps its industry contracts classified, even from us.
Manager: I would expect as much, considering the hostile business climate. Anyone get hurt earlier tonight during the bombing or whatever it was?
Alex: Some scientists. It was more like a raid.
Manager: Interesting. The Order doesn't usually get tangled up in corporate rivalries.
Alex: Well, thanks for the credit. I better be going.