Night Shift (2016)
“Through the years, people—including, most recently, Olivia— had tried to explain to Lemuel how a government could decide what time it was.
“I still think it’s arrogant,” he’d told Olivia. “But since I’m up while people are still awake, I like it.”
“I thought you didn’t like company,” she’d said, smiling.
“I like to talk to people. I like to be with you. I like more customers during the night.”
This was all true. Unfortunately, night customers were sometimes human, and often drun...k and therefore tedious, but at least he could take some energy from them.
He was talking to a monk at the moment.
“You haven’t been hearing the giant voice?” the man in the robe asked.
“I haven’t,” Lemuel said. He did not know if the man was mad, or if there really was a giant voice. “What does it tell you to do?”MoreLess
“I still think it’s arrogant,” he’d told Olivia. “But since I’m up while people are still awake, I like it.”
“I thought you didn’t like company,” she’d said, smiling.
“I like to talk to people. I like to be with you. I like more customers during the night.”
This was all true. Unfortunately, night customers were sometimes human, and often drun...k and therefore tedious, but at least he could take some energy from them.
He was talking to a monk at the moment.
“You haven’t been hearing the giant voice?” the man in the robe asked.
“I haven’t,” Lemuel said. He did not know if the man was mad, or if there really was a giant voice. “What does it tell you to do?”MoreLess
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