All Conscience Fled (The Good Doctor's Tales Folio Two) by Farmer Randall

Author:Farmer, Randall [Farmer, Randall]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: MajorTransform Unlimited
Published: 2012-02-12T05:00:00+00:00

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One day, after I finished the supper dishes, Keaton came from her office carrying a quantity of papers. I came and groveled at her feet.

“Sit at the table,” she said.

I sat at the table and waited for Her next order.

She moved the little vase of fresh flowers off to the side and spread the papers out over the flowered tablecloth. Maps. She spread a sheet of clear plastic over one map, and tossed a straightedge, some pencils and some markers on the map as well.

“All right,” she said. “Time for you to learn how to hunt. Three of those clinic kills is all I’m willing to risk giving you. From now on, you get your juice on your own.”

“Yes, ma’am.”

“We’re going to do this in California. I want you as far from home as possible when you fuck things up. This map here is Los Angeles.” She tapped a finger on the map in front of her. “What we need to do is identify the prime hunting territory. Normally, you’d do this yourself, but in this case, I’m going to do it for you. I’ve hunted Los Angeles a few times, and know where the best areas are.”

“Yes, ma’am,” I said, a cringe in my voice. Obedient. Humble.

“All right. Here.” She turned the map to face me and moved her chair next to mine, so we could both study the map. She sat down.

I shivered to have Her so close to me. Keaton smiled and absently moved a little closer. I shivered some more.

She marked up several areas on the map.

“This large area here is downtown.” She pointed to the largest circle. “You’ll want to cover that during working hours, but downtown areas are almost always good. Same thing for the factories along the waterfront. There’s another smaller cluster of office buildings in the Hollywood area that are also good, for the same reason. Now this area,” she pointed to another large circle, “is your colored ghetto. And these two are barrios. Those areas are packed tight with people and make good hunting. Also, over here,” she pointed some more, “this is a more expensive area, but because of the number of high rise apartments in the area, the density is good.”

“Yes, ma’am.” I nodded eagerly and memorized the locations she pointed out.

“Those are the best areas. Other areas aren’t quite this good, but some are reasonable to hunt. We’ll start with the prime locations, though.”

Keaton handed me one of the markers and the straightedge.

“The next step is to make your grid. You need to use the scale on the map, and draw a grid with a half mile between lines. You do it.”

I carefully drew the grid. Keaton went off and got herself some more food from the refrigerator. I always kept the refrigerator stocked with good things for Her to snack on.

Keaton came back eating some leftover baked chicken. She examined my work and grunted. She stood right behind me. I teetered on my chair from Her closeness.

“All right.

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