ok seats on either side of him, filling

Lex said, easin

in a cordoned-off strip of the sky. Lex rounded

you to Preston

l I'm looking to close. Turns out you've got more than just a starport. You've got some

a hint of slurring and informality to his speech that

doing some celebrating. I guess t

gest deal of the g

d of deal are w

sin

ness, or the 'mind

Patel asked, stretching to look at h

usly dou

et a voice. Dean, whe

man that size, it was a veritable geolo

t my actions at the Tremor Intersystem G

n a sharp look.

u're that disgra

said bitterly. "It's j

ou a drink. I made a ki

u d

ney down on number fifty-five. I tell you, it was a work of art the way you worked that race

loss of a loved one. One day, everyone would have a burning hot memory

nd, when their hoverpods were close to the ground, nearly as nimble as a dune buggy. It made for an exciting and therefore profitable sport, and Lex had been on

ort of people. The Tremor Intersystem Grand Prix looked like it could be his way out. If he won it, t

up, they offered a deal. The race's long shot was some nobody driver in the number fifty-five sled. Very long odds. If that man were to win, they would consider

a jewel thief work at a jewelry store. And going underground? He wasn't stupid

fe I don't like to refl

d they pay y

me keep

. So you we

my ey

hey wiped

get the legitimate bill

between organized crime and organized business is that with crime, t

hat's ru

l, and while they didn't have to deal with stop-and-go traffic, they did have to cope with holding patterns and painfully bureaucratic procedures and routes. The current state of things split the difference. Highways had been replaced with skyways, c