persuades her to trust him and takes her to his "home" within the wreckage of a downed advertising blimp. The man, Vogel, tells Iris the owl's current location: hidden in a disused movie theatre nearby, guarded by men with illegal modified automatic weapons. Iris is immediately shocked: she was never given any warning that the owl could be so heavily guarded, and her casual investigation could have gotten her shot. Iris begins to distrust Meyer, for giving her the job; and she also does not trust Vogel, because she has no idea why he would give her this information. Iris calls Meyer to ask for access to the police armory, and Meyer grudgingly agrees. As Iris collects the weapons, the novel describes a scene in which a director and camera operator are monitoring both Iris and Vogel as they collect and prepare the weapons, and already have a monitoring camera prepared for the disused theatre in which they will be used. Using the weapons, plus a drug supplied by Vogel to fool the temperature sensitive alarms, Vogel and Iris together enter the building and recapture the owl. Iris then betrays Vogel, leaving him in the building while she escapes with the owl via an elevator. Still not trusting Meyer, Iris takes the owl back to her apartment, where she confirms that it is the correct owl, and then quickly becomes afraid that she could be in danger if she is caught with the owl before she finds out what is so important about it. Her cat offers her a mild 'hit' to relax her, but the moment she touches the cat's head, she is slammed with a massive overdose that leaves her sprawled on the floor. An unknown man walks into the room and takes away the owl, explaining that he booby-trapped the cat, and remarking that he is doing Iris a favor by buying her more time. Iris is taken to hospital to recover from the overdose, and while there she is met by Meyer, who is extremely angry that Iris did not bring the owl straight back to him and - as a result - lost it. He tells her that she is being sacked from the Blade Runner division. Meyer hands Iris the one remaining item that was found with the owl - a chain which had been used to fasten it to its perch. Once Meyer