"Kristine Smith - Kilian 1 - Code Of Conduct" - читать интересную книгу автора (Smith Kristine)

One of the underlings called out, "Your Excellency, if a physician is requiredтАФ"

"No, no," Evan said as he pushed Jani ahead of him into the first open car. "We'll
meet you at the Arapaho gate in a few minutes." The door hissed shut. "What
happened!"

Jani sagged against the wall. "Film broke."
"Can you fix it?"

"Yeah." She shivered as the odor of berries filled the elevator. Her mouth watered.
What the overdose
of red started, the stress of the moment intensified. She breathed through her mouth
in an effort to
block out the smell of fruit.

"Are you all right? I know red used to get to you sometimes." Evan leaned close and
blanched.
"Oh shit." As the door opened, he held her back and looked up and down the hall.
"Still redтАФcover up."

Jani pressed her hands over her eyes as she was herded, dragged, and prodded.
Another door opened, then whispered closed. "Evan? What color are the walls
now?"

"They're a very calming shade of blue."

Jani lowered her hands. The walls were indeed quite relaxing, but some of the
fixtures appeared
unusual. "Evan, we're in a men's toilet."

"It was the closest door to the elevator, ok? People were coming." He activated the
lock. "There.
That lights up the 'being cleanedтАФcome back in ten minutes' sign."

"If the hall monitoring picked us upтАФ"

''This is the private section. Anais does any scanning here, I'll have her ass." Evan's
voice grew hushed. "That look you had in the eye I could see scared the hell out of
meтАФ like you were staring up from the bottom of a pit. Was that some kind of
seizure?"

Jani walked to the mirror above the row of sinks. "No." A few fissures had formed
along the film's black-and-white surface. "A combination of the stress and the
environment. The nervousness of the moment. The augmentation kicked in."

"Augmentation." Evan gave each syllable a twist of disgust. "You were sideline
Service, not mainline. How could you let them do that to you?''

"I was still Service, Ev. When they tell you to peel and bend over, you drop your
drawers and think of the Commonwealth." Jani dug into her duffel. "Guess they