On Pateron: Of Crimes and Felonies

OF CRIMES AND FEĹLONIES

Jun 12 at 2:28am

"Of crimes and felonies " (the story)

A Phil decker Story

(c) 2017 V. Ravencroft

Prologue

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It was First Day of Red Week in the 7th Month of 5105,OTT and like every other federal employee, Shabil Nolux received the wages he earned during the 6th month of the year.

While it was technically just like any other workday, Shabil expected to leave work a little earlier today; looking at the remaining schedule it looked promising that this would be possible.

Shabil was the assistant to the representative for Shill planet, who was also the president of the  planet's chamber of Commerce.

Shail were mollusks, and without their hover sleds  literally as slow as snails and unable to interact with a modern technological society.

Shabil who was connected with his neuro linked hover sled since birth, never really wasted any thoughts about this fact and used his artificial manipulators, that were part of the sled just as efficient and agile as human used their natural hands.

The representative floated into Shabil's office and while he wiggled his antenna and excreted communication scents, these physical gestures were only genetic based residual behavior.The representative used his voice box that allowed him to hear and verbally communicate.

Verbal communication was still among the most efficient ways to convey information between individuals especially of different species.