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We are the compilers. More than job, more than calling. Our very being belongs to compiling.

Everything, everything, everything: birthdays and death days. Favorite foods, tax statuses, driving records. Record drives, safety records, records ranked safe to buy. Colors, fabrics, detergents, washers large and small. Test scores, shoe sizes (even European). Mothers’ affairs. Mothers’ brothers’ affairs. Mothers’ brothers’ mistresses’ affairs, even. All affairs anywhere, sordid or splendid, all sorted. All displayed as we sit with steepled fingers and watch the data come in.