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Chapter 38

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           "Veryfunny."

           "Itry."

           Igotuptofetchthewhiskybottle.AsIcrossedtheroom,Icaughtmyreflectioninthemirrorbesidethebed.

           WhereRyker’ssleevehadtheairofamanwhohadbatteredhiswayheadfirstthroughlife’strials,themaninthemirrorlookedasifhewouldbeabletoslipneatlyasideateverycrisisandwatchfatefallclumsilyonitsfatface.Thebodywascat-likeinitsmovements,asmoothandeffortlesseconomyofmotionthatwouldhavelookedgoodonAnchanaSalomao.Thethick,almostblue-blackhairfellinasoftcascadetothedeceptivelyslimshoulders,andtheelegantlytiltedeyeshadagentle,unconcernedexpressionthatsuggestedtheuniversewasagoodplacetolivein.

           Ihadonlybeeninthetechninjasleeveafewhoursseven,andforty-twominutesaccordingtothetimedisplaychippedintomyupperleftfieldofvisionbuttherewerenoneoftheusualdownloadsideeffects.Icollectedthewhiskybottlewithoneoftheslimbrownartist’shandsandthesimpleplayofmuscleandbonewasajoythatglowedthroughme.TheKhumaloneurachemsystemthrummedcontinuallyatthelimitofperception,asifitweresingingfaintlythemyriadpossiblethingsthebodycoulddoatanygivenmoment.Never,evenduringmytimewiththeEnvoyCorps,hadIwornanythinglikeit.

           IrememberedCarnage’swordsandmentallyshookmyhead.

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