Видоизмененный углерод

Chapter 15

           

           There’savillageuponthenortharmoftheMillsportarchipelagowhere,ifafishermansurvivesdrowning,heisrequiredtoswimouttoalowreefabouthalfakilometrefromshore,spitintotheoceanbeyondandreturn.Sarah’sfromthere,andonce,holedupinacheapswamphotel,hidingfromheatbothphysicalandfigurative,shetriedtoexplaintherationale.Italwayssoundedlikemachobullshittome.

           Now,marchingdownthesterilewhitecorridorsofthecliniconceagain,withthemuzzleofmyownPhilipsgunscrewedintomyneck,Ibegantohavesomeunderstandingofthestrengthitmusttaketowadebackintothatwater.I’dhadcoldshiverssincewewentdowninthelift:forthesecondtime,Jerryholdingthegunonmefrombehind.AfterInnenin,I’dmoreorlessforgottenwhatitwasliketobegenuinelyafraid,butvirtualitieswereanotableexception.There,youhadnocontrol,andliterallyanythingcouldhappen.

           Againandagain.

           Theywererattledattheclinic.ThenewsofTrepp’sbarbecueridemusthavereachedthembynow,andthefacethatJerryhadspokentoonthescreenatthediscreetlyappointedfrontdoorhadgonedeathwhiteatthesightofme.

           "Wethought"

           "Nevermindthat,"snappedJerry."Openthefuckingdoor.We’vegottogetthispieceofshitoffthestreet.

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