The Summer Queen
“And get another keg of the kelp beer while you’re back there, and hook that up too, all right, Pollux?” Tor Starhiker paused, turning away from the bar to look expectantly at the shining, semi-human body, the faceless face of her newly leased servo.
It nodded, the twin red lights of its visual sensors meeting her eyes with an unreadable stare. “Yes, Tor,” it said.
She sighed, indefinably disappointed. “You do know how to do that?”
“I do.”
“Then go do it.” She waved her hand and it started away,... emotionless and inevitable. She watched it disappear through the doors into the storage area. “Shit,” she said, and sighed again.
“What’s the matter?” a voice asked behind her. She turned back to the bar, only mildly surprised to discover who it was that had spoken to her. He’d been a sometime regular since the beginning, and in here almost nightly for the past couple of weeks. He was from offworld; he had some foreign-sounding name she kept forgetting, although lately he had sat at the bar and talked to her every night.MoreLess
It nodded, the twin red lights of its visual sensors meeting her eyes with an unreadable stare. “Yes, Tor,” it said.
She sighed, indefinably disappointed. “You do know how to do that?”
“I do.”
“Then go do it.” She waved her hand and it started away,... emotionless and inevitable. She watched it disappear through the doors into the storage area. “Shit,” she said, and sighed again.
“What’s the matter?” a voice asked behind her. She turned back to the bar, only mildly surprised to discover who it was that had spoken to her. He’d been a sometime regular since the beginning, and in here almost nightly for the past couple of weeks. He was from offworld; he had some foreign-sounding name she kept forgetting, although lately he had sat at the bar and talked to her every night.MoreLess
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