"Matt Ruff - Bad Monkeys" - читать интересную книгу автора (Ruff Matt)

Ubiquitous Intermittent Surveillance,тАЩ but in conversation theyтАЩre just Panopticon. And then thereтАЩs my
division, тАШThe Department for the Final Disposition of Irredeemable PersonsтАжтАЩтАЭ

тАЬIrredeemable persons.тАЭ The doctor smiles. тАЬBad monkeys.тАЭ

тАЬRight.тАЭ

тАЬShouldnтАЩt it be Bad Apes, though?тАЭ When she doesnтАЩt respond, he starts to explain: тАЬHuman beings are
more closely related to great apes thanтАФтАЭ

тАЬYouтАЩre channeling Phil,тАЭ she says.

тАЬWho?тАЭ

тАЬMy little brother. Philip. HeтАЩs a nitpicker, too.тАЭ She shrugs. тАЬYeah, I suppose technically, it should be
apes instead of monkeys. And technicallyтАЭтАФshe lifts her arms and gives her bracelets a shakeтАФтАЬthese
should be called wristcuffs. But theyтАЩre not.тАЭ

тАЬSo in your job with Bad Monkeys,тАЭ the doctor asks, тАЬwhat is it you do? Punish evil people?тАЭ

тАЬNo. Usually we just kill them.тАЭ

тАЬKillingтАЩs not a punishment?тАЭ

тАЬIt is if you do it to pay someone back. But the organizationтАЩs not about that. WeтАЩre just trying to make
the world a better place.тАЭ

тАЬBy killing evil men.тАЭ

тАЬNot all of them. Just the ones Cost-Benefits decides will do a lot more harm than good if they go on
breathing.тАЭ

тАЬDoes it bother you to kill people?тАЭ

тАЬNot usually. ItтАЩs not like being a police officer. I mean cops, they have to deal with all kinds of people,
and sometimes, upholding the law, theyтАЩve got to come down on folks who really arenтАЩt all that bad. I
can see where that would give you a crisis of conscience. But the guys we go after in Bad Monkeys
arenтАЩt the sort you have mixed feelings about.тАЭ

тАЬAnd the man you were arrested for killing, Mr.тАФтАЭ

тАЬDixon,тАЭ she says. тАЬHe wasnтАЩt a bad monkey.тАЭ

тАЬNo?тАЭ

тАЬHe was a prick. I didnтАЩt like him. But he wasnтАЩt evil.тАЭ

тАЬThen why did you kill him?тАЭ

She shakes her head. тАЬI canтАЩt just tell you that. Even if I thought youтАЩd believe me, it wouldnтАЩt make