Видоизмененный углерод

           Thenamehitmeatonce,leapingoutoftheprint—

           —SarahSachilowska—

           —andthenthecontractterminology,likeabuildingcomingdownonmeinslowmotion.

           —releasedintoprivatestorage—

           —provisionforvirtualcustody—

           —unlimitedperiod—

           —subjecttoreviewatUNdiscretion—

           —undervestedauthorityoftheBayCityjusticefacility—

           Theknowledgecoursedsicklythroughme.IshouldhavekilledSullivanwhenIhadthechance.

           "Tendays."Kawaharawaswatchingmyreactionsclosely."That’showlongyouhavetoconvinceBancrofttheinvestigationisover,andtowalkaway.Afterthat,Sachilowskagoesintovirtualatoneofmyclinics.There’sawholenewgenerationofvirtualinterrogationsoftwareoutthere,andIwillpersonallyseetoitthatshepioneersthelot."

           Theholofilehitthemarblefloorwithabrittlecrack.IlurchedatKawahara,lipspeelingbackfrommyteeth.TherewasalowgrowlingcomingupthroughmythroatthathadnothingtodowithanycombattrainingIhadeverundergoneandmyhandscrookedintotalons.Iknewwhatherbloodwasgoingtotastelike.

           ThecoldbarrelofaguntoucheddownonmyneckbeforeIgothalfway.

           "I’dadviseagainstthat,"saidTreppinmyear.

           Kawaharacameandstoodclosertome.