the Sheraton Commander op: the demimonde on the payroll; the Antitois as low-IQ cutouts — "the Antitoi Bros.—only one of whom…"
the Antitoi Bros.—only one of whom could or would speak, and who’d been in charge of the diversionary aspects of the Sheraton Commander operation, and had clearly been subordinate to still other Québecers of way higher I.Q.
Context
The insurgency's Boston infrastructure exposed: the city's gender-dysphoric demimonde — "Poor Tony Krause, Lolasister, and Susan T. Cheese" — were "mercenary adjuncts," paid decoys in red leather and auburn wigs to fuddle the security detail. And the cell hierarchy is drawn again (097's factional ranking): the Antitois ran "the diversionary aspects" but were "clearly subordinate to still other Québecers of way higher I.Q." — low-IQ cutouts one rung above the hired decoys. The anti-O.N.A.N. war reaches Boston not as an army but as a payroll: a chain of expendable local hirelings under a distant competent command.