Firework resuscitation is exactly the kind of business you think it is, which is why Caroline has nine fingers and no eyes.<\/p>\n
“I can just buy some new ones,” says Jodi, whose inability to make eye contact has her extra-nervous.<\/p>\n
“And leave unexploded ordnance lying around? Not on my watch,” chuckles Caroline. Her hands probe the Flamingo Fountain as if it’s a sore appendix. “Scalpel. Fuse.”<\/p>\n
Jodie passes them (the former, carefully, handle-first). “But don’t you always expect to get a few duds?”<\/p>\n
“Nothing’s a dud,” says Caroline, “to a hacker,” and lights a match on the stub of her thumb.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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