SENSI TIDINGS

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SENSI TIDINGS

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The sensi feed, keyed by Martin‘s message to wake him, erupted into Andrew‘s ears in the rising hour: “Three Astran cocks were shot in Herindina Street in Poly Town this past shift. No name requests, please, we can’t identify their remains yet thanks to a hyper-ricin reaction that reduced most tissue to pulp. These reactions are typical of those generated in the biocaps in UniBan ballistics, you know, fast and effective, and the least messy of the ballistic chem caps available.

“But we’ll image it all to you just in case you might know the clothing. You see, the coveralls two of them wore were made of that amazing UniCorp fabric ShedFire, which can withstand even the best biocap reactions.

“If you’ve got bits on the killings, dip this stream in an hour or so with your ID and feed us some leads to the deeds! We’ve got a free ShedFire sample for you, courier-delivered, and we’ll ject in a ‘thellin tag just for an extra kick, CityGov exempt.

“And there’s a tidbit or two on the doings of the Frains and the Pilcheedis, the neverending spurting stream… ooh. But not just yet — coming to you on the plug is a smoking interview with Odrella Shev, reporting on Uni’s new body bioenhancements for deeper sex. And we’ll hook you to Poly Town tonight for an interview with the aliens – what’s that special something in their diet for those big dark eyes and hard skin? UniTrition will put some amazing stiffness in your diet, with HardCaps for that lasting feeling. Remember, helm on, an hour from now, give us your snap, we are UillPower for you—“

From his bed, Andrew kicked the box and the screen went dark, the voice cut off. He rolled out to massage both temples and raise light in the cubby. Astrans dead, and poisoned too — that sounded like the Hejji a few levels up toward Fortovo. As long as it wasn’t Raul or Norwell. He’d find out at the funeral.

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