Curse words in the future

You don't know me but I don't curse. It isn't a phobia or flaw. It is a choice. I choose to control my temper, to use more descriptive words, to balance my speech. But that doesn't mean that I am unaware of the fact that other people curse. I seem to be the exception rather than the rule.

So, even though I tried to keep cursing out of Rome's Revolution as much as possible, there are a few instances of the 7 dirty words that creep into the story. I only put them in when they are absolutely required and not gratuitous. Here is one example:

     Rome shook her head but did not answer. She motioned to Rei to follow her and they continued walking around the E-ring past what Rome claimed were some labs and offices. At the northwest corner of the building, they came to a doublewide door.
     “This is environmental control and recycling. We scrub the air, we make oxygen, water, protein matrix and so forth,” Rome said.
     “Recycling, huh?” Rei observed. “What do you do with your, uh, waste?”
     “You mean like sewage?” Rome asked.
     “Yes.”
     “It is broken down here and then reused for the molecular sequencers, food synthesizers, whatever is required.”
     “Food synthesizers?” Rei sputtered. “You use your sewage for your food synthesizers?”
     “Yes. Why?” Rome asked.
     “No wonder your food tastes like shit,” Rei said with a smirk.
     “I do not understand the reference,” Rome said.
     “Sorry,” Rei said. “It was a joke. I couldn’t help myself.”
     “Oh,” was all Rome said. She tilted her head. “Like the adopted turtle?” she asked.
     “Never mind,” Rei said.

Later in the book, there was a scene when Rei had been captured by Estar and was injected with a prosthetic version of the 24th chromosome and forced to join MASAL's version of the Overmind. The quickest way he could think of to get tossed out was to drop the F-bomb. Needless to say, it worked but it led to a lot of death and destruction.

So, in general, don't expect a lot of cursing in my books. Oh hell, there are few damneds, a few bastards and stuff but that's about it.