124. Partner up

"Yes, so they mean that they have successfully trapped some families by placing bugs. That means they are actively listening to us. We should give them the wrong info and play with them."

"But Lia, that way we won't be able to catch them."

"Then what do you want to do?"

Marvin spoke.

"We want to catch them without giving them any chance to act. Why should we give them information even if it is a bad one? We are not going to pamper them. Just catch them the next time we go. Easy."

Lia pouted.

"But that is no fun."

"You know we will have no way of knowing their reactions even if we decide to play with them."

Marvin added.

"Why not? Aster should have left some listening device there."

They all turned to Aster who looked confused.

"Did you? Or did you not?"

Albert asked him.

"I left one."

"Only one?"

Lia asked.

"One batch."

He answered sheepishly.

"And how many are there in a batch exactly?"

Albert smiled at him.

"Ten."

Marvin was shocked.

"When did you have time to do this?"

"When we were