“He had a bad habit of over-filling the mug, which could make walking back to his laboratory an exercise in finicky precision that almost matched the demands of his actual job.Two men stood there, he discovered. Both were wearing severely utilitarian jumpsuits with nameplates over the left pockets—the one on the left was A. Zhilov; the one on the right, S. Arpino—and both had the elaborate security badges given to visitors draped over their chests with lanyards.“Yes?” he said.The one named Zhilo...v nodded stiffly. “Come with us, McBryde.” He turned over the badge in order to show the identification on the other side, which was a hologram depicting himself and the legend Agent, GAUL.Zachariah tried not to let his sudden apprehension show on his face. The Genetic Advancement and Uplift League—the “Gauls,” to use the nickname that was sometimes used (though never in front of them)—served the inner layers of the onion as a special security force.Which explained Zachariah’s tension.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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