I'm not going to sit still and let him treat me this way.

The mapping inside China was unclear and somewhat contradictory. Many of our vessels sailed the waters between Hong Kong in the south and Shanghae to the north and the maps of the coastline and of those places a day or two’s journey from port were excellent.

Down behind the piano Larry’s dragging out a shiny cylinder—of oxygen! Tenderly, he rockabyes it: “My baby Seymour—as in ‘emphyseymour.’ Next time I’ll bring his sister Ivy—I promise! She’s all tied up now in the ‘I-See-YOU.’”

Others had unloaded and permanently safetied weapons on their arms. Thanks to nanobot enhancements, others were now extraordinarily powerful