Slaughtermatic
“In Beerlight this was a risk - so many were boosted the authorities had considered replacing them with a monorail. The reflection of code art and graffiti scrolled across a window behind which a figure was bent in thought or indigestion. A random bullet spiderwebbed the window, erasing the image.
It was the last car to pull up in the twilight shadow of the Deal Street Highrise. The door opened and Chief Henry Blince bulged out like a gumbubble which refused to burst. Blince had lost all sense o...f proportion - each of his chins was registered to vote. His bulk was the only thing standing between justice and chaos, and he had so far kept these conditions innocent of one another. Biting into a doughnut the size of a flotation ring, he surveyed the first-floor bank. ‘How many inside, Benny?’ ‘Twenty-five, Chief,’ sniggered Benny the Trooper.
‘How many outside?’ ‘Four and a half million, Chief, border to border.’ ‘And ain’t it right that every one of us is essentially bisexual?’ ‘That’s what they say, Chief.’ ‘So us and the folks inside’ll have somethin’ to talk about.MoreLess
It was the last car to pull up in the twilight shadow of the Deal Street Highrise. The door opened and Chief Henry Blince bulged out like a gumbubble which refused to burst. Blince had lost all sense o...f proportion - each of his chins was registered to vote. His bulk was the only thing standing between justice and chaos, and he had so far kept these conditions innocent of one another. Biting into a doughnut the size of a flotation ring, he surveyed the first-floor bank. ‘How many inside, Benny?’ ‘Twenty-five, Chief,’ sniggered Benny the Trooper.
‘How many outside?’ ‘Four and a half million, Chief, border to border.’ ‘And ain’t it right that every one of us is essentially bisexual?’ ‘That’s what they say, Chief.’ ‘So us and the folks inside’ll have somethin’ to talk about.MoreLess
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