Barnaby checked the technician’s strap fastener while the technician checked his capsule bracket.
“You’ve already looked at that,” the man said.
“So have you.”
They completed their respective inspections.
Someone had tied a bright identification ribbon to the bracket. Barnaby looked at it, then at the measured second bend on the route sheet.
“No.”
“It identifies the reference carrier.”
“It identifies a snag.”


