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‘I think I’ve reduced the amount of blood in my caffeine system to an acceptable level, if that’s what you mean.’
He was always half-blind first thing in the morning, as his eyes stammered through their wake-up systems check. They threw planar sheets of primary colour across his surroundings, making it seem as if the room had been redecorated overnight by a squad of overenthusiastic cubists.
I suppose I wouldn’t feel at home in any Ultra bar, come to think of it.’ ‘You wouldn’t feel at home in anything that didn’t have a navigational system and a lot of nasty firepower, Ilia.’ ‘Sounds like a reasonable definition of common sense to me.’
like all the genuinely clever people Sylveste had met he knew better than to feign understanding where none existed.
The cold had a steely texture to it, like a thousand pieces of barbed metal constantly scraping softly against the skin; threatening to pierce to the bone with each movement.
her words seemed to lash against Sylveste like squalls of wintery rain.
It was obvious now that using the weapon was an act of almost staggering recklessness - but would knowing that have altered a thing? Would she have felt compelled to make the weapon just because she could; just because it was elegant and she wanted her peers to see what fabulous creatures could spring forth from her mind; what Byzantine engines of war?
there’s less chance Sun Stealer will have infiltrated its control matrix.’ ‘Why’s that?’ ‘Claustrophobia. The shuttles are about three centuries less advanced than the suits.’ ‘And that’s supposed to help us?’ ‘Believe me, when you’re dealing with infectious alien mind parasites, I always find primitive is best.’
