Glitch
“Lunch from the cafeteria was delivered on trays; after eating, they sat around and chatted, or pretended to work. Simone kept to herself in a corner cubicle, annoyed everyone had eaten without her.
“Simone, dear, won’t you come here?” she heard her mother say. “We have visitors.”
The four Consortium officials who arrived all wore nondescript suits. They weren’t augmented in any visible way, and they didn’t appear enhanced. They also didn’t look happy. Agent Nable was with them, also stern, and ...still flustered. Her mother stood but kept her distance, as if she didn’t want to be associated with her colleagues. She was an intelligence officer with her own bosses in the Cybercorps Security Agency. These were administrators, at best. Pencil-pushers, Simone guessed.
“Where’s our property?” one agent asked Simone.
“Bring it back,” another said.
“There’ll be no charges ... just call it back,” Agent Nable said.
Yancey nodded. “Simone?”
“Oh, all right.” Somehow she sensed that she didn’t have to say the words.MoreLess
“Simone, dear, won’t you come here?” she heard her mother say. “We have visitors.”
The four Consortium officials who arrived all wore nondescript suits. They weren’t augmented in any visible way, and they didn’t appear enhanced. They also didn’t look happy. Agent Nable was with them, also stern, and ...still flustered. Her mother stood but kept her distance, as if she didn’t want to be associated with her colleagues. She was an intelligence officer with her own bosses in the Cybercorps Security Agency. These were administrators, at best. Pencil-pushers, Simone guessed.
“Where’s our property?” one agent asked Simone.
“Bring it back,” another said.
“There’ll be no charges ... just call it back,” Agent Nable said.
Yancey nodded. “Simone?”
“Oh, all right.” Somehow she sensed that she didn’t have to say the words.MoreLess
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