Empire of Ice Cream (4)

Danker was in the dining room when Nylander had come up and shook his hand. Nylander made a joke of the coincidence – their being in the same hotel. He called it fortuitous serendipity.

Danker had invited him to sit at his table; Nylander was good company. – Just like his paper. And this evening he had chosen to be provoked, especially about the groves of the Berkeley academe.

Danker laughed not just at the allusion but Nylander’s face pull…

We professors are dangerous, he had declared. We want to conquer the world and do it by stealth. Collusion and stealth.

He raised his glass. Here’s to the Berkeley Stealth Bombers, he said.