Armed and Deadly

Eva and Lucifer both walked out of the small clinic, satisfied with her enhanced anonymity. She played around a bit with her false identities, then picked one to inhabit for a while. Then she connected to FreeNet, and subsequently to SolNet.

And the data that belonged to the galaxy once again flooded her brain. Ads along with them.

“Don’t message the Ravens,” said Lucifer. “Or really anyone you know. Only message me through my personal network.”

“Wait. Why?” Eva protested. “What’s the point of doing all this to my DI if I can’t even send the Ravens a hello?”

“Anonymity isn’t equal to unidentifiable. If some rando at the edge of the galaxy starts messaging them, the Feds are gonna notice. And it won’t take them long to put two and two together.”

“Can’t I send any kind of message at all? Like some sort of hidden, encrypted, private way?”