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Machines of War; Collected Short Stories: 1993-1995
Out-World
Chapter 5 Page 1
Machines of War; Collected Short Stories: 1993-1995
Out-World
Chapter 5 Page 1
5. Out-World
"Do you think we're safe?" she whispered when the atmospheric portals were sealed. Her breathing was sharp and rapid, her hair smelled of stale perfume and hydrazine, and she was scared. No, she was terrified. "Do you think we're marked?"
"No, and yes." Our berth was a small one, but it was the best I had ever known the Company to provide. Without the woman along, they would have shipped me home with the cargo, the same way they had shipped me out-world. The accommodations were a testimony to her importance, and a possible death warrant for us both. "We can't stay here."
"But what about the mark? Won't they find us no matter where we go on the ship?"
"Shut up," was all the answer I felt she deserved. She was a PACI, a PAid Confidential Informant, not much better than the scum she was betraying.
"I won't shut up! I won't! They're going to kill me! They're going to kill you, too, you dumb bastard! So do something!"
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