A single word in Benton Harrow's handwriting beside a circled paragraph in the Amphicar operating booklet—Do not enter water of unknown depth or with submerged obstruction.

The warranty booklet was found in Benton's gun room drawer, sealed in plastic,

water-stained from an earlier ride. Beside the circled operating conditions,

Benton wrote "Naturally." Not a villain's confession. Not a moral. A word written

by a man who believed the world would continue translating danger into story on

his behalf.