BEg2 chapter 13 Igor on Igor / the rest of Rocky's assessment of Igor

Michael Bailey michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com
Wed Jan 12 05:12:36 UTC 2022


"Even if this guy looks like he still gets carded at clubs, apparently
somewhere inside the smooth suburban packaging, nested matrioshka-deep, is
a hulking battle-scarred ex-Spetsnaz toughguy eager to tell war stories
from ten years ago. Next thing anybody know, Igor is flashing back to a
clandestine HALO jump over the northern Caucasus."

matrioshka-deep -  obviously those are those nested Russian dolls

Spetsnaz - Russian special forces

HALO jump - high altitude, low opening. Buncha free fall. Could be
mind-altering - would probably freak me the hell out

as Igor intimates to Rocky - "Maybe if you jump, you decide to give all
your money away." -
a) you might be surprised how mind altering HALO jump is,
and b) it would be a neat mirror opposite of Igor's decision - selfless
minion of Russian state becomes money-lover - for Rocky to give away his
money.


Maxine had turned to Rocky to confirm her suspicion that Igor was in a mob.
"But just doing a quick eyeball scan, no visible tats, 15 and a half collar
size, ehh," wobbling his hand, "it's doubtful. He seems to me more like a
fixer."

So like, hard core mob is like a botnet, somebody controls a bunch of Misha
and Grisha types.

Whereas Igor might contract for Russian mobsters, but also has other
connections such as Slagiatt - he just has M&G along because they are
relatives. He is probably hoping to get them into a better career than Mob,
despite their trajectories.


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