Видоизмененный углерод

Chapter 35

           Allthingsconsidered,itfeltliketheresultsofaverydilutebeam.Ormaybeaseries.IglanceddownatmyselfandsawthatIwasdressedinaheavycanvasgithecolourofquarriedgranite.Onthefloorbesidethebunkwereapairofmatchingspacedeckslippersandabelt.IbegantogetanunpleasantinklingofwhatKadminhadplanned.

           BehindCarnage,thedoorofthecabinopened.Atall,blondewoman,apparentlyinherearlyforties,steppedin,followedbyanothersynthetic,thisonesmoothlymodern-lookingapartfromagleamingsteeldirectinterfacetoolinplaceofalefthand.

           Carnagebusiedhimselfwithintroductions.

           "Mr.Kovacs,mayIpresentPernillaGripofCombatBroadcastDistributors,andhertechnicalassistantMilesMech.Pernilla,Miles,I’dliketopresentTakeshiKovacs,oursurrogateRykerfortonight.Congratulations,bytheway,Kovacs.AtthetimeIwasutterlyconvinced,despitetheunlikelihoodofRykermakingitoffstackforthenexttwohundredyears.AllpartoftheEnvoytechnique,Iunderstand."

           "Notreally.Ortegawastheconvincingfactor.AllIdidwasletyoutalk.You’regoodatthat."InoddedatCarnage’scompanions."DidIhearthewordbroadcasting?Ithoughtthatwentagainstthecreed.Didn’tyouperformradicalsurgeryonajournalistforthatparticularcrime?"

           "Differentproducts,Mr.Kovacs.Differentproducts.Tobroadcastascheduledfightwouldindeedbeabreachofourcreed.

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