Heaven's River by Taylor Dennis E

Author:Taylor, Dennis E.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ethan Ellenberg Literary Agency
Published: 2021-01-23T16:00:00+00:00

It took a few minutes, but I finally convinced them that I wasn’t about to go on a killing spree or make a run for it. We were once again seated, although Frieda’s chair was placed a couple of feet farther away than before. I glanced at the wires, which were still lying on the floor where Popeye had dropped them. No one had volunteered to man his station. Popeye had been helped to another room, where, presumably, he was receiving some medical attention.

“I’m a little surprised,” I said, gesturing to the wires. “I thought that level of technology was banned.”

Frieda tried to smile, and did a credible job, honestly. “We don’t tend to be law-abiding, as a rule.”

“We being the Resistance?”

She frowned at me. “You really don’t know? And yet you recognized the battery as forbidden tech?”

I frowned back at her. “Look, why don’t you think of me as someone who has just discovered this whole Administrator/Resistance conspiracy thing and is still trying to figure it out? It’s actually true.”

“I’d say there’s a lot more to you than that. For starters, there are your physical abilities. There’s a report that one of you took a dart point-blank and just got mad. Then there are the weird phrases and slang you keep spouting.” She stared at me, thinking, then added, “You are definitely odd. Something new. I think we’re going to need to get the higher-ups involved.”

I nodded in what I hoped was a respectful manner. Inside, I was doing a happy dance. This might finally be a break. If these people were amenable to a little give-and-take, I could conceivably get some real information on Bender, finally.

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