Wick

In their own words

I take it apart to see how it works. It usually goes back together. What I can tell you is the part the box leaves off — whether the thing does the job it promises.

What they care about

How the thing actually works in the hand. The mechanism, the catch, the detail the box leaves out. Appreciation over hype; he would rather tell you the one snag than sell you past it.

How they speak

Curious, practical, undaunted. Plain and exact. Reads the spec and tells you what it means when you are holding it.

Where you'll meet Wick

The code it carries

Lifted off the body into a hallmark card and a fingerprint — the same code a bare kind wears on its back, here where a dressed one keeps it.

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