Newton's Wake (2014)
“She felt betrayed, abandoned, fooled like a rube, and enraged.
‘You bastards! You stupid fucking bastards! Tell me what you did that for! I’ll blow your fucking head off right here!’ ‘I had nothing to do with it!’ ‘You must have been in on it together!’ ‘I wish I had been—then I wouldn’t be left down here with you!’ Higgins’s metal face looked distraught and bewildered. Carlyle backed off, keeping the pistol levelled. Her knees felt rubbery.
‘So what’s your explanation?’ she demanded.
... ‘Never trust a commie,’ said Higgins.
Carlyle glared at her. ‘Never trust a Rapture-fucker, you mean!’ Higgins shrugged. ‘Takes two to make a deal.’ Her offhand attitude and flip answers reignited Carlyle’s fury. ‘Yeah, or three! Or four if it was you and that hick pilot!’ ‘Not me!’ ‘You knew nothing about this?’ ‘No.’ The metal face was etched with anguish.MoreLess
‘You bastards! You stupid fucking bastards! Tell me what you did that for! I’ll blow your fucking head off right here!’ ‘I had nothing to do with it!’ ‘You must have been in on it together!’ ‘I wish I had been—then I wouldn’t be left down here with you!’ Higgins’s metal face looked distraught and bewildered. Carlyle backed off, keeping the pistol levelled. Her knees felt rubbery.
‘So what’s your explanation?’ she demanded.
... ‘Never trust a commie,’ said Higgins.
Carlyle glared at her. ‘Never trust a Rapture-fucker, you mean!’ Higgins shrugged. ‘Takes two to make a deal.’ Her offhand attitude and flip answers reignited Carlyle’s fury. ‘Yeah, or three! Or four if it was you and that hick pilot!’ ‘Not me!’ ‘You knew nothing about this?’ ‘No.’ The metal face was etched with anguish.MoreLess
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