"FWLS4" - читать интересную книгу автора (A Future We'd Like to See)

unless you had a real weird client, when I bumped into 'im.

The guy was about six feet tall, not counting the ears. We
Ytts are kinda short, maybe about the average human's size with
the ears, so you gotta subtract a foot to six inches or so before
measuring. So, this guy was about six foot six or seven feet by
your scales.

There was an almost exact replica of him standing behind me,
I noticed. Wonder how he got there. I looked for a way around
this green, furry blockade to sprint for cover (these guys
smelled of fresh blood... that's Ytt senses for ya), but never
found one.

"What's with the white-color-associated-with-a-newly-waxed-
hoverlimo headband?" a voice from the shadows said.

(Look, I warned you I'd have to translate the quotes out of
Yttian. We've got some really bitchin' adjectives, but they
don't work well in english. Deal with it.)

The figure walked out. Polyester threads, shades, the usual
pimpery outfit. Maybe pimpery isn't the right word in english,
but you get the picture.

"Sensitizer," I said. "I'm a freelance sense recorder for
VOSnet Ytts. If you need any something-which-is-difficult-to-
find-in-the-local-stores, I'm your guy."

"I know," he said, flicking a cigarette butt across the
alley. "I hear you paid one of my girls and recorded it twice
with her."

Alright, I admit this. Don't look at me all funny that way,
the payment from the samples far outweighed the service fee. I'm
a businessman, pure and simple. Supply and demand.

"Yeah. So why are acting like a one-who-just-learned-their-
house-was-levelled-in-a-nuclear-blast?"

"I don't like my girls bein' copied, even if it's only their
services," he said. "You must be a total one-who-drives-slow-in-
the-fast-lane-with-a-silly-hat-and-no-ear-to-the-road if you
didn't realize I'd be wanting some royalties."

Actually, I hadn't figured on this. It was the first order
I had for sex samples, and I didn't figure that anybody would
particularly mind as long as proper payment was given.

"If it's a matter of getting money," I said, "I can ask my