Comedy Scene 8

Around siesta time in the floating harbor off San Diego, Estralita DellaGuardia, dressed fashionably in white blouse and slacks, walked up on a pair of muscular legs in blue jeans sticking out of the hold of her runabout RANA. At first, the legs reminded her of mawkish parody of dying bug but then she didn't recall Poppie telling her anything was out of order with the electric motors and charging systems. She drew her pistol halfway before recognizing the broad shoulders and tribal tattoos sn...