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I can still hear him saying it, in that put-on baritone of his, all faux swagger and stuffy authority, concealing a timid ego:</div> | I can still hear him saying it, in that put-on baritone of his, all faux swagger and stuffy authority, concealing a timid ego:</div> | ||
<div class="quotalic">“Now, mark my words, soldiers” — he was always calling us that — “treasure your weapon. Respect it. Treat it like a child, and it will treat you like it’s a fire-eyed mastiff and you are master of the hounds of hell.” | <div class="quotalic">“Now, mark my words, soldiers” — he was always calling us that — “treasure your weapon. Respect it. Treat it like a child, and it will treat you like it’s a fire-eyed mastiff and you are master of the hounds of hell.” | ||
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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, | 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 | “Oh, I know who you are, Eleanor,” said Palmer. | ||
Eleanor. ''No'' prick called her Eleanor. | Eleanor. ''No'' prick called her Eleanor. | ||
Palmer | Palmer shuffled his papers. He clicked his pen. He looked up. “So —?” | ||
“We off the record, Sir?” | “We off the record, Sir?” | ||
Palmer 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 | 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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