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The much abused structures stood shoulder to shoulder, like drunks who rely on each other in<br />

order to remain upright, and bled rivulets of brown wastewater into the unpaved street. The<br />

effluvium stank to high heaven, and merged into sluggishly flowing streams that followed the<br />

gentle gradient down toward the other end of town.<br />

None of which seemed to bother the men of Mongo, most of whom appeared to be unemployed<br />

and stood in doorways, sat on stoops, or perched on the hoods of half-stripped vehicles. They<br />

watched the Mog pass with the same alert intelligence possessed by scavengers everywhere, as<br />

they listened for early signs of mechanical distress, and calculated what such a handsome vehicle<br />

would fetch on the black market.<br />

In the meantime their women, busy in the way third-world women are always busy, struggled to<br />

cope with hordes of quarreling children, tons of filthy clothes, and an endless succession of<br />

meals. Some were Arabic, commonly referred to as “northerners,” and wore conservative<br />

clothing. Others–those dressed in more colorful attire, and commonly referred to as<br />

“southerners”–were generally non-Islamic.<br />

But regardless of their origins, all were locked in a battle with poverty, ignorance, and disease<br />

and went about their chores with downcast eyes, as if fully aware of the forces that opposed<br />

them, having already conceded defeat.<br />

Gazeau glanced at the man seated next to him.<br />

“It's depressing, isn't it?”<br />

The operative shrugged.<br />

“I've seen worse.” Again the Libyan's eyebrows rose.<br />

“There's the police station,” Gazeau said, and he pointed through the dirt-smeared windscreen.<br />

Agent 47 looked. The police station was a squat-looking affair, set apart from the other<br />

buildings, and surrounded by a nine-foot-tall cyclone fence topped by coils of razor wire. Three<br />

desert-equipped 80-series Land Cruisers sat by the gate. Two appeared to be operable, and the<br />

third was up on concrete blocks. Judging from the scattering of mismatched tools that lay about,<br />

not to mention the scrawny legs that protruded from under the vehicle, it appeared that one of<br />

the local mechanics was hard at work trying to repair it.<br />

Of more interest was the police model Eurocopter EC 135 that sat on a pad within the<br />

enclosure. The aircraft was so new, so valuable, that it rated its own sentry.<br />

Gazeau braked, pulled into the parking area, and killed the Mog's engine.<br />

“You're sure this is a good idea,” 47 said doubtfully.<br />

“No,” Gazeau answered cheerfully, “I'm not. But real geologists would stop and pay for a<br />

permit to take samples out of the country. And if Al-Fulani passed through here, the police will<br />

know about it. The problem, if we run into one, will relate to the size of the bribe. If the fee is

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