Shadow On the Sun (2013)
“2. 17. 20:11 A couple hundred meters from the decommissioned base, I see the light of the fires burning. Hundreds of them, cooking fires, mostly, but watch fires, too, the size you find in fuel barrels. There are probably a countless number of barrels, left over from when the base was closed. I slow down as I get closer but keep my headlamp on—I want them to know I’m here.
“May I remind you,” Mimi says as I stop at the gate, “that your primary mission is to dispose of the pigeon?”
“No,” I s...ay. “You may not.”
“Your primary mission is to dispose of the pigeon.”
“Why do you ask permission and then ignore me?”
“I wasn’t asking permission,” she says. “I was being polite.”
“You know, I’m not the only one on a supersecret mission to save the world. How’s that working out for you?”
“I have no communication with my other self.”
“Why’s that?”
“Doing so might give the hussy access to your systems.”
“Oh.”
“Yes. Oh. ‘Oh’ as in very dangerous.”MoreLess
“May I remind you,” Mimi says as I stop at the gate, “that your primary mission is to dispose of the pigeon?”
“No,” I s...ay. “You may not.”
“Your primary mission is to dispose of the pigeon.”
“Why do you ask permission and then ignore me?”
“I wasn’t asking permission,” she says. “I was being polite.”
“You know, I’m not the only one on a supersecret mission to save the world. How’s that working out for you?”
“I have no communication with my other self.”
“Why’s that?”
“Doing so might give the hussy access to your systems.”
“Oh.”
“Yes. Oh. ‘Oh’ as in very dangerous.”MoreLess
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