Flight 105 to Singapore... tickets, passport, courier packet. Ok, I have everything I need to complete the final step of the five-year project. I remember Changi Airport ten years ago. Antiseptic. Michael Fay. 60% of the world's hard drives. Newton Circus. Orchard Road. Shangri-la Hotel. Extremely polite taxi drivers. Kampongs on the outskirts, hidden from tourists. Absence of old cars. Jurong industrial development. Please Speak Mandarin.

There's a MIG on my tail. Bright flash. Left wing missing. I have to go now.