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The [[GC]] came on the line. Her voice was nasal, uptight: more even than usual. “Now listen here, Boone. No funny stuff, this time. I ''mean'' it. We have to play this by the book. Do you hear?” | The [[GC]] came on the line. Her voice was nasal, uptight: more even than usual. “Now listen here, Boone. No funny stuff, this time. I ''mean'' it. We have to play this by the book. Do you hear?” | ||
Boone growled. “Playing it by the book is the goddamn ''problem'', Chipper, and you know it.” | |||
“''Jesus'', Boone. When will you learn? This storm is coming, whether we like it or not. It’s ''coming''. We just have to deal with it. We can get through this. But we have to be ''aligned''.” | |||
Boone looked up from the wrist-comm. He regarded the great expanse beneath him, yawning away to the horizon. A curlicue of smoke, tainted pink in the dying sunset, rose above Lawyertown. It was from there, in a forensic bunker, the GC addressed him. | Boone looked up from the wrist-comm. He regarded the great expanse beneath him, yawning away to the horizon. A curlicue of smoke, tainted pink in the dying sunset, rose above Lawyertown. It was from there, in a forensic bunker, the GC addressed him. | ||