Chapter 12

           

           AsIdressedinthemirrorthatnight,Isufferedthehard-edgedconvictionthatsomeoneelsewaswearingmysleeveandthatIhadbeenreducedtotheroleofapassengerintheobservationcarbehindtheeyes.

           Psychoentiretyrejection,theycallit.Orjustfragmenting.It’snotunusualtogetsometremors,evenwhenyou’reanexperiencedsleeve-changer,butthiswastheworstcaseI’dhadforyears.ForlongmomentsIwasliterallyterrifiedtohaveadetailedthought,incasethemaninthemirrornoticedmypresence.Frozen,IwatchedhimadjusttheTebbitknifeinitsneurospringsheath,pickuptheNemexandthePhilipsgunonebyoneandchecktheloadofeachweapon.ThesluggunshadbothcomeequippedwithcheapFibregripholstersthatenzyme-bondedtoclothingwherevertheywerepressed.ThemaninthemirrorsettledtheNemexunderhisleftarmwhereitwouldbehiddenbyhisjacketandstowedthePhilipsguninthesmallofhisback.Hepractisedsnatchingthegunsfromtheirholstersacoupleoftimes,throwingthemoutathisreflection,buttherewasnoneed.ThevirtualpracticediscshadliveduptoClive’spromises.Hewasreadytokillsomeonewitheitherweapon.

           Ishiftedbehindhiseyes.

           Reluctantly,hestrippedoffthegunsandtheknifeandlaidthemoncemoreonthebed.Thenhestoodforawhileuntiltheunreasonablefeelingofnakednesshadpassed.

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