The Wreckage of Paradise.pdf - Dice

*&lHa0fFrn6*8?:6‘Why don’t you just invoke her and get confirmation?Then I’ll happily give you the one and only blank I’ve gotavailable now, and when the duke I promised it to comes-afrigging Rabisuwith a temper, who could eat me for breakfastwithout belching.. . well, then I can point him her way for anexplanation.”There was a pause.“I’m not about to-”“-botherherwithlittlestuff, sure,” Hughsaid. “Iunderstandperfectly. But there’s fierce, fierce competition forlimited supplies, and I have to obey the ranking Elohim. I’msorry, but ...”‘Yeah, you’re all heart.”(“Blanks”-people with no consciousness left-ould, ofcourse, be made fairly easily, but doing so contradicted astanding order for all legions. Since human consciousnesswas a gift from Lucifer and the initial cause of the rebellion,Lucifer’s followers weren’t about to start stripping it out ofpeople, no matter how convenient.)Hugh bit his lip. “Look,” he said. “I may be able to helpyou after all.”Mukikel narrowed her eyes. “Really.”“Sure. I help you, you help me, everyone’s happy.”“Peace, love and harmony,” she said sourly. He shrugged.‘You want a blank or not?”“I thought you only had one.”“I do. But I know where there are more.” He leaned in.‘We’ve bought a few from this operation in Nevada calledRothschild Laboratories. ”W‘ho runs it?”“Humans, I guess.” Seeing her look, he threw up hishands. “Seriously! I don’t knowwhere they’re gettingblanks-I hearditwasaninsaneasylumtryingto cut downonoverhead.Anyhow, they use ’em for drug trials or something, and acouple thatwere toosicklyforthatgot put onthe openmarket.You’re an overlord-you could put a squad together, raid theplace, carryofftheblanks. It’sperfect, see?The mortalsaren’tgoing to complain. I haven’t checked, but I’m pretty sureusing catatonics for involuntary drug trials is illegal in Ne-