Chapter 16 Zachary Fellini reached Nathaniel Balder by phone as Aleksey Nabokov searched for food and drink for a late breakfast in the Oakland International Airport. "I cannot tell what caliber of adversary we are dealing with here, based on that Douglas character," Nathaniel said, upon hearing the details of Zachary's encounter. "He sounds like a bit of an amateur. Or a trainee. The men he supposedly called from the room could have just been a bluff and the guy with you in the elevator could have been a weirdo. People are so freaking strange I find it difficult to assign rationality to them most of the time." "Aleksey and I are about to catch a flight," Zachary replied. "Can you alert the other men and women sued? The fighters?" "Yes, consider it done." "I am glad you remember

