Johnny Mnemonic original screenplay - Whoa is (Not)

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put the shOt~un in an Midas b6~ and padded II out with four
pairs of tennis socks, nol my Myle alall, bUllhal was what I was
aiminli/ for If they Ih in~ you're crude. iO technicaL if they (hint!
you're technical. qo crude. I'm (I very technical boy. So I decided to
\lC1 as crude as possible. These days, thoulj/h. you have to be pretty
technical before you can even aspire [0 crudeness. I'd had to lurn
both these lwelve-qauf,le shells from brass stock on 3 lathe. lind
then lood them myself: I'd hlld 10 dili! up an old microfiche with
instructions for hand-loedinli/ c8rttid~: rd had [0 build 8 leverlICliOn
press to seal the primers-all very !rielly Butllmew they'd
worll,
The meet was set for the Drome III 2300. but [ rode the lube
three SlOpS pasllhe dosest pISIform ond wall1ed baCR. Immaculate
procedure.
I checl!ed myself OUI in the chrome sidinlj/ of a coffee biosl/,
your basic sharp-faced Cauca.soid with a ruff of stiff, darll hair The
iirls tit Under the Knife were blq on Sony Mao. and il W(lS ~ttin~
harder to beep them from (lddin~ the chic suqqestlon of epiCanthic
folds It probably wouldn't fool Ralft face, but it ml~ht ~I me next
to his table.
The Drome Is a sin~le narrow space with a bar down one side
(lnd tables (I[on~ the other, thlcll with pimps and handlers and an
arcane aHay of dealers. The Ma~netic Doq Sisters were on the door
that ni~ht. and I didn't relish uyin~ 10 ~I out past them If thin~s
didnt worll OUt They were Nl'0 meters \all and thin as ~reyhounds.
Onewas blllCli and Iheotherwhlte. but aside from that they were as
nearly identical as cosmetic survery could ma~ them. They'd been
lovers for years