Good Behavior
“He was mad enough to eat the bark off a Saint Bernard.
“He’s got to be somewhere on this floor,” the head security wimp said. He was obviously made nervous by Pickens’ silence.
“That’s fine,” Pickens said, standing there next to the assembly room door with his hands on his hips. “Why don’t you show him to me, then?”
“We’re working on it,” the head security wimp said.
Working on it. They were all working on it; that is, the survivors were working on it. The scene in the assembly room had deterio...rated badly once the lights went out. It had been a mistake to start blasting away with that Valmet. Pickens knew it full well and quite bitterly accepted the blame for the whole thing. He’d been aiming at the fellow purely as a threat—you don’t kill a man who hasn’t answered your questions yet—but the sudden darkness had startled him, and his finger was on that trigger anyway—no trigger guard, just as he’d pointed out to the troops—and his automatic reaction had been to squeeze.MoreLess
“He’s got to be somewhere on this floor,” the head security wimp said. He was obviously made nervous by Pickens’ silence.
“That’s fine,” Pickens said, standing there next to the assembly room door with his hands on his hips. “Why don’t you show him to me, then?”
“We’re working on it,” the head security wimp said.
Working on it. They were all working on it; that is, the survivors were working on it. The scene in the assembly room had deterio...rated badly once the lights went out. It had been a mistake to start blasting away with that Valmet. Pickens knew it full well and quite bitterly accepted the blame for the whole thing. He’d been aiming at the fellow purely as a threat—you don’t kill a man who hasn’t answered your questions yet—but the sudden darkness had startled him, and his finger was on that trigger anyway—no trigger guard, just as he’d pointed out to the troops—and his automatic reaction had been to squeeze.MoreLess
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