Theo and Mina are counterfeiters meeting with a new client. When their counterfeited programs turn up with a problem the guns come out.

In this alternate history where machines run on punch cards, Blackberrys send Mores code, and steam is the power for all technology. Theo and Mina have found their place by making counterfeited programs. When Theo and Mina show up late for a meeting with a new client Maxwell, they find out that some prefer to use guns instead of words.—Anonymous