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Chapter 11

           StampedacrossthechestwasthealmosterodedlegendMarsExpo2076.

           "Justlooking."Isaidandgesturedbackattheguns."Arethesemadeofwood?"

           Thegreenphoto-receptorgazeregardedmegravely."Thatiscorrect,sir.Thestocksareabeechhybrid.Theyareallhandmadeweapons.Kalashnikov,PurdeyandBeretta.WestockalltheEuropeanhouseshere.Whichwassirinterestedin?"

           Ilookedback.Therewasacuriouspoetrytotheforms,somethingslungpartwaybetweenfunctionalbluntnessandorganicgrace,somethingthatcriedouttobecradled.Tobeused.

           "They’reabitornateforme.Ihadinmindsomethingalittlemorepractical."

           "Certainly,sir.Canweassumesirisnotanoviceinthisfield?"

           Igrinnedatthemachine."Wecanassumethat."

           "Thenperhapssirwouldcaretotellmewhathispreferencesinthepasthavebeen."

           "Smith&Wesson11mmMagnum.Ingram40flechettegun.Sunjetparticlethrower.Butthatwasn’tinthissleeve."

           Thegreenreceptorsglowed.Nocomment.Perhapsithadn’tbeenprogrammedforlightconversationwithEnvoys.

           "Andwhatexactlyissirlookingforinthissleeve?"

           Ishrugged."Somethingsubtle.Somethingnot.Projectileweapons.Andablade.TheheavyoneneedstobesomethingliketheSmith."

           Themandroidbecamequitestill.

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