I read this when it was new, and just finished a re-read now. Excellent story; one of my favorites. Thank you for the great work.

I'd like to point out a factual error which is big enough to disrupt suspension of disbelief for knowledgeable readers. Suppressors do a very good job of silencing the report of firearms. The baffles absorb the energy of most of the gasses exiting the muzzle. Nonetheless, it's nothing like the "pfft" in the movies; there is a clearly audible report. More importantly, almost all bullets leave the muzzle at supersonic velocities, and every cartridge mentioned in this story is supersonic. In fact, I'm pretty sure that the only modern cartridge that is subsonic is .22 short. Even many high-end spring-piston air rifles achieve supersonic muzzle velocities (for very interesting--to an engineer--physical reasons). A supersonic projectile creates a shockwave (e.g., a "sonic boom"), which is quite loud. Dani could not shoot at thugs at the mansion without other thugs hearing it, and she would not have simply felt the air move from a near miss in the sub warehouse; she would have heard a very loud "crack".

Again, wonderful story. I don't mean the above as a criticism. I only wanted to point out the error.