Dining with Cannibals - Contorno

It is in the nature of those whose business is money to use the nature of things to their advantage.

The Pleasure Principle ~ Magritte

As Numbers leaves the meeting, Pinky Derailleur, Head of Human Remains, powerful beyond all reasonableness, (some say more powerful than old Volere himself), looks over at the Engineering Manager and, catching his eye, winks. Swann blushes deeply and looks back down at his notebook.
Pinky smiles to himself, Amateurs, he thinks.
Pinky, whose mother named him Rene, considers himself a connoisseur of all things politic, as far as who is stabbing who, and what they hope to gain; it is Pinky’s business to know.

All-you-can-eat Capitalism