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“Like fuck you are. Shorting’s too good for you.”
“Like fuck you are. Shorting’s too good for you.”


The punk was blowing crimson bubbles from his wind pipe. Now he seemed resigned to his fate. He whimpered, “j … just  fucking do it. G … g… get it over with, would you?”
The punk was blowing crimson bubbles from his wind pipe. Now he seemed resigned to his fate. He whimpered, “J … just  fucking do it. G … g… get it over with, would you?”


He was shivering bad. I radioed to base. “Get me a locate on some Blockbuster Ords. Liquid.”
He was shivering bad. I radioed to base. “Get me a locate on some Blockbuster Ords. Liquid.”
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“Sir, I am Agent Bathory, Eagle Squad, Second Declension —”
“Sir, I am Agent Bathory, Eagle Squad, Second Declension —”


“Oh, I know who you are, Eleanor,” said Palmer-Jenkins.
“Oh, I know who you are, Eleanor,” said Palmer.


Eleanor. ''No'' prick called her Eleanor.
Eleanor. ''No'' prick called her Eleanor.


Palmer-Jenkins shuffled his papers. He clicked his pen. He looked up. “So —?”
Palmer shuffled his papers. He clicked his pen. He looked up. “So —?”


“We off the record, Sir?”
“We off the record, Sir?”


PJ put down his pen. He tilted that planet-sized noggin in bemused acquiescence. He regarded her from that black void. “By all means.”
Jenkins put down his pen. He tilted that planet-sized noggin in bemused acquiescence. He regarded her from that black void. “By all means.”


“I was on Mall Cop detail last night last night, sir.”
“I was on Mall Cop detail last night last night, sir.”
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“Irregularities?”
“Irregularities?”


In what followed, Palmer-Jenkins took no notes, but he listened very carefully.  When it was done he thanked Agent Bathory, directed her return to barracks, and bid her breathe no word of this to another soul.
In what followed, Palmer took no notes, but he listened very carefully.  When it was done he thanked Agent Bathory, directed her return to barracks, and bid her breathe no word of this to another soul.


In the corridor outside, E pressed herself on the wall, closed her eyes and exhaled. It was done.
In the corridor outside, E pressed herself on the wall, closed her eyes and exhaled. It was done.
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