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Robert A. Heinlein - The Cat Who Walked Through Walls
Atec Февраль 29 2008 20:18:18
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.' Aside from that I have no comment. And you can quote me."
I chucked that useless weapon into a comer of the bus and looked out at the
other rolligon, now rapidly closing. Why would anyone wear an unloaded weapon?
Sheer folly!
Gwen tapped her ear again. I touched helmets. "Yes?"
"The ammo for that gun is on the body, you can bet on it."
"I won't bet; I figured that out. Gwen, if I were to try to search that
corpse, I would have to cool the other two first. It's not a good idea."
"I agree. And no time for it anyhow. There they come."
Only they didn't, not quite. The other rolligon, while still some two
hundred meters away, swung to its left, made it clear that it was avoiding a
collision course. As it passed us I read on its side: Vigilante Volunteers-Hong
Kong Luna.
Shortly Marcy called me. "Bozell says he found you but can't reach you by
radio."
"I don't know why not. You reached me."
"Because I figured out that you would be on the wrong channel. Midnight,
whatever you should be doing, it is a dead certainty that you will always be
doing something else."
"You flatter me. What should I have done this time?"
"You should have been guarding channel two, that's what. The one reserved
for surface vehicles."
"Every day I learn something. Thanks."
"Anyone who doesn't know that should not be operating a vehicle on the
surface of this planet
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