"Will McCarthy - Bloom" - читать интересную книгу автора (McCarty Sarah)

Lottick eyed him for a moment, but seemed not to find the remark worthy of comment. Instead he
turned, speaking now in lower, quicker tones. "Wallich, I've got six test batches to run this afternoon and
only half a team to meter them. I've stayed too long already, so I'll be on my way posthaste. I'd like you
to geek a sim for me, clean up the activity reports and flash them down priority, yes? I'll read them on the
job."

"Not a problem."

"Well, nice seeing you again," Lottick said, nodding dismissively in my direction. "We have the highest
confidence."

"Welcome aboard," Wallich agreed. "We'll talk later in detail, if that's all right. Get to know each other,
discuss your duties, all that sort of thing. Fair enough for you?"

I nodded. "Yeah, whatever's convenient."
He pointed his hand, pistol-style, his grin broadening. "I like that attitude. Whatever's convenient, ha ha.
Mind if I archive that? Bang." The thumb/hammer fell. Then, as he and Lottick turned away, "Vass, this
A-series, right? Fern loop blastoma, step rate unconstrained? God damn, you've got a fun night ahead of
you. Here, I'll walk you as far as the foundry. I'm headed that way anyway."

"Blastoma shmastoma," muttered Lottick's receding voice. "Give me. half a g.u. for every damn fool
tumor snipe hunt I've wasted nights on and I'll buy this ship. Severs has a lecture coming, let me tell you."

"Oh, I can imagine well enough."

The sound of Wallich's laughter followed them out.

I turned to Tosca Lehne. "Our captain, eh? He seems a bitтАж energetic. Funny. I'm not quite sure what I
was expecting, butтАФ"

"Prosthetic," Lehne said, staring after the two men.

"Excuse me?"

"That sense of humor, it's a tickle capacitor. Implanted, skull base. The man is a fish."

"A what?"

Lehne waved a hand. "You know, cold-blooded. Slimy. He did it so people would like him better."

I blinked, puzzled. Clearly, I hadn't been following the science and medical channels closely enough.
"Tickle capacitor. My god, that's amazing. And do they?"

"Eh?"

"Like him better?"

"Oh. Yeah, I guess. He's captain, isn't he?"