Doomed
“In some dim corner of my mind, I realize Eli is doing the same.
“How do you know that?” I demand. “What game are you playing?”
He looks at me coolly. “The same one you are. But I’ve been thinking about this whole thing for days now, trying to put the pieces together. The Balboa Park fight helped me get my thoughts together a little more clearly, and then, being here, listening to Jean, made another big part of the puzzle slide into place.”
I glance between him and Jean. She smiles sadly at me, ...then gets up to refill our coffee cups.
“Will somebody please tell me what is going on? Because I don’t understand anything!”
“Yes, big brother, do tell.” Eli’s all smooth sarcasm, but I can tell he’s as pissed as I am that Theo’s been hiding something this huge from us.
Theo doesn’t flinch under our scrutiny. “All along I’ve been wondering what the game has to do with this. From a programming perspective, it’s a million times more complicated to do what your father’s done than it is to just launch a simple worm.MoreLess
“How do you know that?” I demand. “What game are you playing?”
He looks at me coolly. “The same one you are. But I’ve been thinking about this whole thing for days now, trying to put the pieces together. The Balboa Park fight helped me get my thoughts together a little more clearly, and then, being here, listening to Jean, made another big part of the puzzle slide into place.”
I glance between him and Jean. She smiles sadly at me, ...then gets up to refill our coffee cups.
“Will somebody please tell me what is going on? Because I don’t understand anything!”
“Yes, big brother, do tell.” Eli’s all smooth sarcasm, but I can tell he’s as pissed as I am that Theo’s been hiding something this huge from us.
Theo doesn’t flinch under our scrutiny. “All along I’ve been wondering what the game has to do with this. From a programming perspective, it’s a million times more complicated to do what your father’s done than it is to just launch a simple worm.MoreLess
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