83.04 The State of the Art by Iain M. Banks

Author:Iain M. Banks
Language: eng
Format: mobi
ISBN: 9781597800747
Publisher: Hachette Digital
Published: 2010-02-04T00:00:00+00:00

‘Thank you, Li,’ I said, putting my feet back on the upended stool. Li lay breathing heavily on the floor and looking up at me, then his lips parted in a grin to reveal the nut caught between his teeth. He swallowed, stood, pulled his pants halfway down, and proceeded to relieve himself against the trunk of the tree.

‘Good for the growth,’ he said when he saw me frowning at him.

‘Won’t be any good for your growth if the ship catches you and sends a knife missile to sort you out.’

‘I can see what Mr ’ndane is doing and I wasn’t going to dignify his actions with as much as a comment,’ said a small drone, floating down from the foliage. It was one of a few drones the ship had built to follow a couple of birds that had been in the palm when it was hoisted up to the ship; the birds had to be fed, and tidied up after (the ship was proud that so far every dropping had been neatly intercepted in mid-air). ‘But I do admit I find his behaviour slightly worrying. Perhaps he wants to tell us what he feels about Earth, or me, or worse still, perhaps he doesn’t know himself.’

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