Dead Matter
“When I got up there, I found Nicholas hunched forward in front of the main console that hooked up to the full-wall monitor system. His hair had fallen out of his ponytail and hung in his face like he had been pulling an all-nighter … or all-dayer, in his case.
“Anything?” I asked, hoping for a bit of positive news to offset the whole prophecy thing in my brain. “Find my girlfriend yet? How ’bout whoever released all those ferals?”
He pulled his eyes away from the console, turned to me, and shoo...k his head. “Nothing yet on either account, I’m afraid. I see you found your way up here all by yourself.”
“I’m a quick study,” I said. “Actually, I would have gotten lost if the monorail hadn’t taken me through most of the mall.”
Nicholas cocked his head at me and cringed. “Please don’t call this a mall. It offends my architectural sensibilities.”
“I had no idea,” I said. I held up my hands. “I’m sorry.”
Nicholas still looked incensed. “Would you call the Concorde a paper plane?”MoreLess
“Anything?” I asked, hoping for a bit of positive news to offset the whole prophecy thing in my brain. “Find my girlfriend yet? How ’bout whoever released all those ferals?”
He pulled his eyes away from the console, turned to me, and shoo...k his head. “Nothing yet on either account, I’m afraid. I see you found your way up here all by yourself.”
“I’m a quick study,” I said. “Actually, I would have gotten lost if the monorail hadn’t taken me through most of the mall.”
Nicholas cocked his head at me and cringed. “Please don’t call this a mall. It offends my architectural sensibilities.”
“I had no idea,” I said. I held up my hands. “I’m sorry.”
Nicholas still looked incensed. “Would you call the Concorde a paper plane?”MoreLess
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