The Kings Of Cool

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Ben is not going to make the same mistake.

Ben is a careful consumer-O can tell you stories about Ben driving her crazy spending weeks trying to decide which flat-screen TV to buy, debating the relative merits of Samsung and Sony-but there is no Consumer Reports on Drug Cops.

He knows he has to trump the county level. The next obvious choice would be a state cop, but Ben takes the long view-if he comes up with a state cop he leaves room on the board for OGR to jump him.

(“King me.”)

So what he needs is a fed.

Not easy, not easy.

For one thing, the feds are notoriously honest.

(Chon would object to the pairing of “notoriously” with “honest,” but he’s in Afghanistan, so fuck him.)

Two, the feds are also notoriously paranoid (clears with Chon) always checking on each other, and

Three, Ben has no clue how to approach a fed, or

Four

Which fed to try.

He’s walking on the beach pondering this dilemma when he sees a fisherman jam a small fish on his hook and then cast it deep in the water.