Mars Life
“I’m acting like some asshole sneak thief.
It was past midnight. The offices of the Trumball Trust, on the top floor of the Trumball Tower in Boston’s financial district, were empty and dark. Even the cleaning crew and their busy little robots had gone for the night. Everything was dark and quiet, except for Dex’s office.
His office was unlit except for the big smart screen on the wall opposite the drapery-covered windows. The screen showed an image of the Grand Canyon in Arizona.
Si...tting in the shadows behind his desk, Dex muttered to the silent image, “You’re nothing but a little scratch in the ground, pal. Put you on Mars and you’d be just a minor alleyway compared to the real Grand Canyon.”
But there was a complex of buildings on the rim of the Arizona canyon, and a spidery bridge arching across the chasm. People paid good money to visit and goggle at the canyon and drive across that bridge.MoreLess
It was past midnight. The offices of the Trumball Trust, on the top floor of the Trumball Tower in Boston’s financial district, were empty and dark. Even the cleaning crew and their busy little robots had gone for the night. Everything was dark and quiet, except for Dex’s office.
His office was unlit except for the big smart screen on the wall opposite the drapery-covered windows. The screen showed an image of the Grand Canyon in Arizona.
Si...tting in the shadows behind his desk, Dex muttered to the silent image, “You’re nothing but a little scratch in the ground, pal. Put you on Mars and you’d be just a minor alleyway compared to the real Grand Canyon.”
But there was a complex of buildings on the rim of the Arizona canyon, and a spidery bridge arching across the chasm. People paid good money to visit and goggle at the canyon and drive across that bridge.MoreLess
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