Shorthand. Fate groaned at the collections of letters, so lonely and sparse without the correct number of consonants. Not that he was was perfect. And he was a damned good translator of mistypes and faux-words. There were worse things. Hard-linkers used a mix of whole words and coding lingo. Soft ones like Sascha, just the code. Hells, some of his contacts typed in nothing but acronyms. There was just...something to be said for speed and eloquence.
He punched a few keys.
>>Drone.
>>It doesn't surprise me you have a collection.
>>I know it's not your first circus.
The background check and a skim through some personal files would tell him a lot on that score. On all scores, including what she went by. First things first, though; get his charge to where she was going without drawing lasers. He'd found another drone on the move, and this time he ran a tracer.
>>Human dude.
>>I'd give you another star
>>but you already have SO MANY.
>>Where you headed? I've got eyes on safe passage.
"Or what passes for it." No need to tell her that since he didn't want to risk reprogramming the drone to keep eyes on her--his eyes--she'd be out of sight as she passed through those safe zones; she might choose to stay there. So long as she kept moving, he'd catch her, and any surprises, coming and going. Probably. If anything had been lying in wait for longer than when he'd opened the dozens of vid feeds crowding his monitors, that was a different story.
Her next string of messages made him laugh. A real laugh, the kind that echoed amid his equipment, not the kind that got stuck in one's nose or clamped behind teeth.
>>Thank you, Fate.
>>Oh, you are most welcome, green girl.
>>Also
>>Jacking off and jacking in don't play well together.
>>Why? Are you typing with one hand?
The innuendo buried itself behind another thought. She'd dropped to her present position with one hand, too. Fate tossed his stylus and it hit the wall before rolling out of earshot. Retracting the last message, he re-sent, morphing its presentation on her screen.
>>Why are you typing with one hand?
>>What's wrong with the other one?
It helped to know limitations. Limitations meant some routes were out of the question.
Maybe her lack of consonants stemmed from these limitations, too. A man could hope.
He rolled his eyes as the drone feed panned through a high-stakes list for marks. This one wasn't armed with anything but top-of-the-line facial recognition. Easily hacked, no one the wiser. He'd just overlay her cheeky little presence with someone else. That prepped, Fate leaned back in his chair and reached behind him for a button atop his beverage unit. A cylinder sprang into his hand and he popped the top off with his thumb before bringing the drink to his lips. Cold green tea. He shuddered. "Who fucked with my fridge?"
No one answered, of course. "My energy drinks best not be boiling." Moving house sucked. It helped now though, that he had someone other than himself, his feeds, and asshole appliances to talk to.
>>I'm not your barwench.
>>Don't know how you'd drink one under that trash bin, anyway.
>>Which reminds me: There's another drone.
>>You should leave now
>>In case I'm too busy tracking down booze to make sure it doesn't see you.
He punched a few keys.
>>Drone.
>>It doesn't surprise me you have a collection.
>>I know it's not your first circus.
The background check and a skim through some personal files would tell him a lot on that score. On all scores, including what she went by. First things first, though; get his charge to where she was going without drawing lasers. He'd found another drone on the move, and this time he ran a tracer.
>>Human dude.
>>I'd give you another star
>>but you already have SO MANY.
>>Where you headed? I've got eyes on safe passage.
"Or what passes for it." No need to tell her that since he didn't want to risk reprogramming the drone to keep eyes on her--his eyes--she'd be out of sight as she passed through those safe zones; she might choose to stay there. So long as she kept moving, he'd catch her, and any surprises, coming and going. Probably. If anything had been lying in wait for longer than when he'd opened the dozens of vid feeds crowding his monitors, that was a different story.
Her next string of messages made him laugh. A real laugh, the kind that echoed amid his equipment, not the kind that got stuck in one's nose or clamped behind teeth.
>>Thank you, Fate.
>>Oh, you are most welcome, green girl.
>>Also
>>Jacking off and jacking in don't play well together.
>>Why? Are you typing with one hand?
The innuendo buried itself behind another thought. She'd dropped to her present position with one hand, too. Fate tossed his stylus and it hit the wall before rolling out of earshot. Retracting the last message, he re-sent, morphing its presentation on her screen.
>>Why are you typing with one hand?
>>What's wrong with the other one?
It helped to know limitations. Limitations meant some routes were out of the question.
Maybe her lack of consonants stemmed from these limitations, too. A man could hope.
He rolled his eyes as the drone feed panned through a high-stakes list for marks. This one wasn't armed with anything but top-of-the-line facial recognition. Easily hacked, no one the wiser. He'd just overlay her cheeky little presence with someone else. That prepped, Fate leaned back in his chair and reached behind him for a button atop his beverage unit. A cylinder sprang into his hand and he popped the top off with his thumb before bringing the drink to his lips. Cold green tea. He shuddered. "Who fucked with my fridge?"
No one answered, of course. "My energy drinks best not be boiling." Moving house sucked. It helped now though, that he had someone other than himself, his feeds, and asshole appliances to talk to.
>>I'm not your barwench.
>>Don't know how you'd drink one under that trash bin, anyway.
>>Which reminds me: There's another drone.
>>You should leave now
>>In case I'm too busy tracking down booze to make sure it doesn't see you.
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