"Robert Reed - Like Need Deserve" - читать интересную книгу автора (Reed Robert)

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Silence. Then, "I don't suppose you know what they're doing now."

"Your old womb-matesтАФ?"

"Yes."

"As always, they're sitting in their chairs, patiently waiting for the next show to begin."

"Some things never change."

"Except the would-be comedian is dead. Madam. He died several years ago, and the room now sits in storage, unaware of what's transpired."

"Well good then. I'm glad I got away."

"A suggestion?"

"What?"

"Six million and forty-nine citizens, madam. Perhaps?"

"No, never." A long pause. "Those are boring stupid souls, and don't even think about slipping them in somehow. Believe me. I'm going to count noses when you're done working for me!"

"As well you should, madam. As well you should."




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"I'm not in the business anymore."
"You keep saying that."

"Only because it happens to be true. The Sanctions of 2777 made creation-work of any kind, on any occasion, into a capital offense. Even reproduction between consenting entities is strictly outlawedтАФ"

"Fuck the law."

"It is a reasonable law. Every world and most of the energy production of the solar system are already devoted to maintaining existing systems, life-entities as well as corporeal apes. By most estimates, our population is more than five hundred trillion emancipated soulsтАФ"

"Fuck them."

"Sir, I don't think I like your attitude."

"You owe us."

Silence.