Man Who Used the Universe (1983)
“Her hair was in disarray, she was panting hard, and the clinging blue nebula she wore pulsed with her breathing.
Loo-Macklin glanced up from the compact work station, his attention shifting from the computer readout he'd been monitoring. "Something wrong, Khryswhy?" She stalked over to the desk, put both hands on it as she leaned down to glare at him. Her voice was low, intense. "I hear that you've been visited by representatives of the First Syndicate from Restavon." He nodded slowly, once. "T...hat's right." "I hear that they're more than a little interested in buying control of our syndicate." "Also correct," he told her.
"You're not going to sell, are you?" He looked away from her, back toward the monitor screen. It was full of crawling figures, little white worms signifying fortunes.
"I've already sold. Completely. Everything. All the assets of the syndicate, not only here but including all holdings on Matrix, Helhedrin, Vlox and everywhere else." She stood back, stunned, and gaped at him.MoreLess
Loo-Macklin glanced up from the compact work station, his attention shifting from the computer readout he'd been monitoring. "Something wrong, Khryswhy?" She stalked over to the desk, put both hands on it as she leaned down to glare at him. Her voice was low, intense. "I hear that you've been visited by representatives of the First Syndicate from Restavon." He nodded slowly, once. "T...hat's right." "I hear that they're more than a little interested in buying control of our syndicate." "Also correct," he told her.
"You're not going to sell, are you?" He looked away from her, back toward the monitor screen. It was full of crawling figures, little white worms signifying fortunes.
"I've already sold. Completely. Everything. All the assets of the syndicate, not only here but including all holdings on Matrix, Helhedrin, Vlox and everywhere else." She stood back, stunned, and gaped at him.MoreLess
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