Chapter 17 Valerie could do little more than gawk at the woman proclaiming herself to be the Devil seeking God. Peter waved Eric over to the table. “You’ve been working with the software,” Peter began before Eric even sat down. “The problem I’m having is understanding how a Hungry Ghost from the Buddhist software system looks like me and why it stole the software.” “The Buddhists have their own software?” At Peter’s nod, Eric found some scratch paper and unearthed a pen. “Diagram them for me.” Within moments, they were talking one of those foreign languages that men and computer geeks thought was actual communication. A single glance at the woman elicited an eye-roll that mirrored her own feelings, get as far away as possible, as fast as possible. Valerie stood and announced loudly