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Chapter 43

           Theneedlecastauthorisationandre-sleevingbondforHarlan’sWorldweredeliveredtomebyOumouPrescottwho,thoughshewaspleasantenoughandassuredmethatthetermsofmycontractwouldbehonouredtotheletter,alsoconveyedasmoothlymenacingmessagethatIwasnottoattemptanyfurthercommunicationwithanymemberoftheBancroftfamilyeveragain.ThereasoncitedbyPrescottwasmydeceitovertheJackItUpstory,thebreachofmymuch-vauntedword,butIknewbetter.I’dseenitinBancroft’sfaceacrosstheinquirychamberwhenthefactsaboutMiriam’swhereaboutsandactivitiesduringtheassaultonHeadintheCloudscameout.DespiteallhisurbaneMethbullshit,theoldbastardwasstabbedthroughwithjealousy.Iwonderedwhathewouldhavedoneifhe’dhadtositthroughthedeletedHendrixbedroomfiles.

           OrtegarodewithmetoBayCityCentralthedayoftheneedlecast,thesamedaythatMaryLouHinchleywasdownloadedintoawitnessstandsyntheticfortheopeninghearingonHeadintheClouds.Therewerechantingcrowdsonthestepsuptotheentrancehall,facedoffagainstalineofgrim-lookingblack-uniformedUNPublicOrderpolice.ThesamecrudeholographicplacardsthatIrememberedfrommyarrivalonEarthbobbedaboutoverourheadsasweforcedourwaythroughthepress.Theskyabovewasanominousgrey.

           "Fuckingclowns,"growledOrtega,elbowingthelastofthedemonstratorsoutofherway."IftheyprovokethePubs,they’llbesorry.

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