‘We’re already on LockDown, Sal. Jimmy and me, and all the guys - we couldn’t wait to get back and tell you. Everything’s shut down overseas. Too chaotic, too-dirty dirty bombs - nothing was gonna survive. We got everyone out we could from their bunkers after their leaders - after their leaders…’ His voice trailed off, and she knew to let him have a moment - to collect his thoughts. ‘Anyways, we saved who we could. Even our top dogs, our leaders - gone. Everybody’s gone. Everything was rigged. We’re lucky we even got out.’ He looked at his wife, looked at how she was taking it all in. Stoic as usual.
He continued, ‘We got AI configured. It’s gonna drop all the data to Americans, piece by piece, plan by plan. Slowly. Until they adjust to the new way things are running. Spoofs, for now. Everything is spoofs. Don’t trust what you read, and don’t get into fights with Suzy, Sarah, Siobhan - all them housewives down at the market provocatin’ an’ like - let them figure it out their own way.’