Empire Builders
“He woke before sunrise, sitting up in his Western bed, beaded with sweat, an oppressive sense of doom weighing down on him.
“Sai’s not really dead,” he muttered to himself as he stumbled through the dark bedroom toward the toilet. “They could revive him tomorrow if they wanted to.”
Yeah, maybe, a voice inside his head replied. If they don’t kill him all over again in the thawing procedure.
After a quick shower and a decision that he could skip shaving, Dan strapped on his wristwatch... and checked the time in Paris . A little after eight in the evening. He used the phone by the bed to put through a call to Jane. She was not at home, her answering machine said, but all messages would be forwarded to her hourly. Must be in some double-damned GEC meeting, Dan grumbled to himself. He spoke into the phone, “Jane, it’s you-know-who. I’ll be there in twelve hours or so, unless I hear from you. Bye.” Then he pulled on a pair of slacks and a loose velour shirt, trying to remember exactly where the kitchen was.MoreLess
“Sai’s not really dead,” he muttered to himself as he stumbled through the dark bedroom toward the toilet. “They could revive him tomorrow if they wanted to.”
Yeah, maybe, a voice inside his head replied. If they don’t kill him all over again in the thawing procedure.
After a quick shower and a decision that he could skip shaving, Dan strapped on his wristwatch... and checked the time in Paris . A little after eight in the evening. He used the phone by the bed to put through a call to Jane. She was not at home, her answering machine said, but all messages would be forwarded to her hourly. Must be in some double-damned GEC meeting, Dan grumbled to himself. He spoke into the phone, “Jane, it’s you-know-who. I’ll be there in twelve hours or so, unless I hear from you. Bye.” Then he pulled on a pair of slacks and a loose velour shirt, trying to remember exactly where the kitchen was.MoreLess
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