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eight moddiesтАФof all kindsтАФsold through the big modshop chains is

a Honey P├нlar sex moddy. Kit has never been her partner in any of

them.

At 14:20, Honey and the boy curl together on their sides. Honey's

eyes are closed, her face flushed. The boy is naked except for a pair

of black matte-finish sunglasses. Drops of sweat glisten on his

hairless chest. Kit stands up and turns away again. He leaves the

control room, sure that nothing out of the ordinary will happen. He

wanders down the long hall. He kicks off his deck shoes and feels

the pile carpet warm on the soles of his feet. There is the strong

odor of stale beer in the hall, as if several cans had soaked the floor

recently and no one had cared to do anything about it. None of the

windows are open, and it is even hotter in the hall than in the

control room. Kit pushes open the scarred blond-wood door at the

end of the hall. He is in another control room. He chases a green
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 Slow, Slow Burn
by George Alec Effinger



lizard the size of his hand from the padded chair and sits behind the

board. He stares at meters and digital readouts. They are all

flickering at safe levels.

Beyond the glass, a young woman in a torn T-shirt and a bikini

bottom sits at a microphone, clutching a sheaf of typewritten pages.

Kit knows that she works for some revolutionary organization, but