Mara signed for it with the same detached hand she used to sign acceptance forms and eviction notices. She had been a fixer for a dozen years, a cleaner of messes both human and mechanical, and this crate promised a different kind of work. The manual inside was terse; three pages of text and a diagram that tried too hard to be elegant. "SP Furo 22 — Deploy with caution. Observe protocol F22." That was it. No brand, no warranty, no phone number for help.