The Burning Skies
“Mahogany everywhere. The rugs are practically knee deep. Paintings hang along the walls. Set between two Flemish masters are several screens. The woman on the topmost one looks like someone caught between duty and fear: “—that this is the latest shooting this morning. The victim, Shuryen Ma, was an outspoken critic of the Chinese leadership. We believe that his parents died in a camp in Burma in the 2080s and that he arrived in HK in 2095, but have yet to confirm this. According to our sources,... Eurasian soldiers burst into his home without warning and shot him. Several witnesses were arrested.”
“How’s it looking?” asks Spencer. His voice echoes through the room from an adjacent one.
“So far, so good,” says Sarmax.
He’s sitting in the corner of the room behind a table. He spares scarcely a glance at the news. His attention’s almost totally monopolized by the camera feeds that show what’s going on in the rest of the city. His eyes dart among them as the broadcast continues.MoreLess
“How’s it looking?” asks Spencer. His voice echoes through the room from an adjacent one.
“So far, so good,” says Sarmax.
He’s sitting in the corner of the room behind a table. He spares scarcely a glance at the news. His attention’s almost totally monopolized by the camera feeds that show what’s going on in the rest of the city. His eyes dart among them as the broadcast continues.MoreLess
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