"FWLS49" - читать интересную книгу автора (A Future We'd Like to See)

those buildings they usually set on fire for made-for-HV movies
about the triumphant nature of the human spirit, ie, tall and
foreboding.

"Okay, we're here," Jody announced, as if we hadn't known
already. "Everybody out."

We climbed out, readied the tools of our trade, and enabled
the electrocution anti-theft device on the rover. Mitch had his
manipulative little brain geared up. Jody, her tiny palmtop
cyberdeck. Lindsey, her floptical disk with the hippie program
on it. Finally, my... pencil. Just in case anybody wanted
anything drawn.

"First step is to get up the access tunnel," Lindsey said,
immediately taking charge. "The chute here at the base of the
building leads directly up to a control room. It's normally used
for messages and packages, but we can easily fit inside and climb
up. Jody, you need to cancel any send orders to clear out the
tube, then get us a way up there."

I was going to suggest just using the DOOR, but that'd be
too easy. I mentally slapped myself for considering such a
thing; it just wasn't the High High way. Blasphemy.

"Got it," Jody said, selecting a wiretap on her palmtop and
thumbing the suction-cup jack into her forehead. She had ones
for user access, computer access, robot access, you name it.
"Okay, I'm canceling the message drops. As for climbing... hmmm.
Not sure."

"Monofilament," I said. Lindsey turned to me, surprised to
see I had an idea. I explained. "See, I've got a cable of it at
my house. It's super strong, and if you have a good winch it
could pull all of us up the chute."

"We can't drive back to your house," Lindsey said.

"You don't have to. Here, Jody, hack me up about forty
credits. I'll be in the sporting goods store over there."

*

Okay, picture this; me holding onto the sole handle of the
mountain-climbing winch, as it pulled us up this narrow metal
shaft hundreds of feet up. The others are chained together on a
safety linker, being pulled up like a string of beads.

Quite fun, actually. I highly recommend it to any other
bored students. Wear a hat and yodel for the full effect.