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It's not just earnestness... what fills his voice is a kind of anti-irony. A wilful, forced belief.

And below, the abyss of doubt.

Nearly the entire sub-thirty population of the city, most of whom are hooked on Luzian fashion.

Instead of a vegetable, you've created a man in a perpetual psychotic break. And now he's robbing random pedestrians.

There's nothing you can't get this guy to do, as long as it's for socks. He's a menace.

He knows he's a loose end, and he knows what happens to loose ends.

Hope. The possibility of death in hostile rather than friendly hands is presently a comfort.

The Tenantries of Saint Ulwen, re-annexed in the early 80s.

The air quivers alongside her movements.

Itching to commit violence.

Make this Boss Star close-gäng. That would really fuck the Luzians off.

You all seem uncomfortable in a crowd.

Bar a slight dip in air pressure.

Despite its reputation as an unfortunate star, every Luzian is taught to rely on Canopus above all others.

This is a man with a system. A tried-and-tested one.

You went East -- he went South.

He's subsisting on these alone.

If he did, he moved fast.

The one that looks just like yours.

There's something in her hand.

Trying to displace herself again.

Congratulations. You're as complicated as an inanimate object that literally has nothing in it -- it's completely hollow.

He's right -- if you fall for a decoy instead of the real thing, all your careful planning and execution will have been for nothing.

You've done it before. You could do it again. Couldn't you?

A shocking demotion. Rung number one on the ladder of being.

It's not even that messy!

A hollowness to him -- a ghost whose ectoplasm has run out.

Something's off -- soundtrack not quite syncing with picture.

His skin has the colour and consistency of chalk.

What does midnight alone feel like down here?

He keeps mentioning this 'M.I.H.O.' thing... ominous.

Absolute conviction behind his words. This is no bluff or bait.

He keeps mentioning this 'M.I.H.O.' thing... ominous.

He's taking this seriously. You should too.

Sunless, six stories below ground, he still synthesises information about your life better than you.

Flashes of HOLOCENE's red folder: 'MONSTROUS INTELLIGENCE'... 'HALLUCINATORY LOGICAL CONSTRUCTION'...

His hair looks like it exploded.

The dark arts of the Opera's Remembrancer Division. Much storied, often unsuccessful.

A brief grin irradiates his pale face.

The dark arts of the Opera's Remembrancer Division. Much storied, often unsuccessful.

Who needs writing? We fücked that up enough that they'll be able to guess who it's from. And what it's for.

That lock's shit. Begging for the bang of a prybar.

Surely you'll be able to tell which is Eszti's drawer from the contents? Cigarette butts, poker chips, crochet patterns...

Shoddy maintenance, Tonio.

When you knew Eszti, she hated EMTERR but understood its lumbering bureaucratic movements. Seems she's put that knowledge to fine use.

Clever. But no match for CASCADE.

Eszti, married? This can only be a desperate attempt to blend in. Not like a real husband.

Inside there is just an aluminium ribbon some two centimetres across. It's only a matter of what's more resistant -- your fingernails or the ribbon.

You're going to snap them right off.

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