Caldorted c.  and picked up terious vial. For a moment, cransparent liquid s it e, stopping tivity of all tal organs  to the head.

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    teetment of tobacco-stained enamel jutting like stalactites and stalagmites out of eetruggling to s o tery meat lodged betting enamel.

    “trouble  it  of trying to stick around. Its a good ted tootured.

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    Caldions later specimens like to tions. Despite tal  tobacco breato reflect on life ification co tem. Caldolerate tribes because tions.   off on tless rants of  eeto a diatribe topping less statements. t  done  an embarrassing silence.

    “But apes used tools long before ested.

    “Indeed if you arted. But apes ims of tools. ellect is exactly o trigger our extinction. Imagine a  tools. No more car accidents, plane accidents, boats sinking, industrial accidents. No more computers. No  good eye ared questioningly at Caldment of stuff.

    “No hackers?”

    “Indeed. ruders and ne man o be afraid of eetiger or some poisonous serpent.”

    “Got somet hackers, Slav?”

    “Indeed.  t tele notanding. Present company excepted of course.”

    “Glad to .”

    turned around and fixed Cald and glassy on ther side of his long face.

    “Are you sure you are ready for t it ed  and some ad erfusion of organic slime.

    “As ready as anyone can be.  tuff? And perantly,  work?” Caldwell he vial suspiciously.

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    “So ?” Calds of silver in t t as quickly as they had appeared.

    “It’s some kind of nano poison out of tbilisi. Very, very illegal. Got ttle microscopic nano-mac cause syncrigger and you simply stop living. You  even knoo ter eeth.

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    ook one last minute to reminisce on irety of it consisted of ic capsule operators and tant blinking of command-line cursors. tes t operated cikit capsules all over to serve its disadvantaged and disenfrancizens. tele, composed predominantly of society’s bottom feeders,  one precocious rung up on treet sleepers. Like Cald majority of treets.

    In tly opaque noared back at  fear ired eyes? Definitely fear spliced elligible.

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    itine tered latex gloves and tral image of a young uniformed nurse. A searing o crescendo from deep ermination of a tidal  to his lips and closed his eyes.