“Patrick, in his office. Mr. Patrick was in his late thirties, tall, not bony, but not muscular. He had dark hair, and dark eyes, with a square-ish chin that made him automatically look confident. In the New England winter he would become a bit pale, and in the summer surprisingly dark. He and Drake had been friends since they started doing business together when Patrick started his security company a decade earlier. Drake had no children, and thought of Patrick as the closest thing to a son. ... They were having a normal jovial conversation about a car Mr. Patrick had just bought. Most people didn't own cars these days since there was no real need to with the extensive networks of magnet tunnels. Some people in rural places still found them useful, although anyone with enough money would generally just buy a skyship – a helium filled aircraft that differed from a blimp because it was not lighter than air, had wings like an airplane, and propellers for lift and thrust.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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