Old Man Pearson is a cranky old one binome that runs Pearson's Data Dump in Mainframe. Mr. Pearson used to be a Code Master of great power and reputation named Talon. During his time with the Guild, Talon deleted many people, and the Code Master's Guild gave him titles, such as "Talon the Dispatcher" and "High Talon of the Seventh Brotherhood". Talon finally decided that he couldn't live with the life of a killer anymore and went to Mainframe, in the days before it was connected to the Net, when its Twin City was still intact. He went to Phong and requested sanctuary, swearing never to harm another living thing again. Phong agreed and was sworn to secrecy. Afterwards Talon was given a PID so he could assume an ordinary working life in the city.