Chapter 4
Collusion of Worlds
Jason and Pibo uncover a secret alliance between Earth's corrupt elite and the Zogi leadership. Evidence points to a coordinated effort to control the powerful Callen Pixel.
The air in the bar, The Rusty Comet, always tasted like stale synth-ale and desperation. Tonight, it was thicker, a cloying miasma that clung to my throat as I nursed my third glass of something that burned all the way down. Pibo’s holographic face shimmered beside me, a perfect, serene visage of a man who’d never known a hangover, his metallic body a silent, watchful sentinel. He’d been humming a low, almost imperceptible tune, a habit he picked up whenever I was particularly lost in my own head.
“Another, sir?” Pibo’s voice was smooth, devoid of the grit that coated everything else in this sector.
I grunted, pushing the glass forward. “Make it a double, Pibo. And try to find a cleaner bottle this time. This one tastes like it’s been used to polish Zogi boots.”
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