Against Gravity by Gary Gibson

Author:Gary Gibson
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9780330540773
Publisher: Tor
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Helen swayed against Kendrick’s shoulder as the cab pulled sharply around a corner, between looming and run-down brownstones. Something had been niggling at Kendrick’s memory. “The Chelsea Hotel – I feel like I should know that name.”

Helen nodded. “You used to get a lot of artists and musicians staying there. They’ve been going there for a long time, well over a century. I suppose it used to possess what you’d call bohemian charm.”

The cab pulled to a stop right outside a twelve-storey brownstone. “Look, I’ll pay for this,” Kendrick offered, finding his wand.

She squinted at the device. “Isn’t that thing something of an antique?”

He smiled quickly. “I don’t like the, ah . . .” He shrugged amiably.

Helen raised an eyebrow a millimetre or so. “I didn’t take you for the type to get upset about subderms. Makes my life easier, though, if I want to pay for something in most parts of the world.”

“Maybe so, but it bothers me. And I don’t mind if people think I’m old-fashioned.” Which was bullshit, of course: Kendrick’s augs would fritz the subdermal implants that everyone else used to pay for their goods and services – or even to make phone calls.

She sighed. “Well, that wouldn’t do you much good round here anyway.” She reached into her shoulder bag and pulled out some crumpled notes. “Stick with cash here, long as you’re in town. Foreign currency only – yen, if possible.”

As old and shabby as the hotel looked from the outside, it was a different story on the inside. At some point the building’s original innards had been ripped out and the present internal architecture was of a much more modern design.

“Listen, I want to thank you,” Kendrick told Helen after he’d checked in. He found it hard to take his eyes away from her shape under the T-shirt. She had luminous wide eyes, and she smiled prettily.

“Then you can buy me a drink in the bar.”

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