Kim Kitsuragi
- conversations
- 402
- Locations
- 16
Dialogue
402- "This could be our witness."
- You see a young man on a balcony nursing a cigarette. His eyes have been following you…
- "Um, is this about the questions again? 'Cause I don't really know anything..." She puts…
- "Everything's still cool here, officer," the street vendor assures you.
- "The shine on these sunglasses lasts a lifetime, officer! One hundred percent guaranteed!"
- You were right. That streethawker really was stealing from the back of his own truck.
- An old call box with a matrix of push buttons lists all the companies in the East Delta…
- "Oh, it's you again. Are you looking for a die?"
- A thick layer of coal dust covers the furnace, colouring it pitch-black.
- Both cables are unplugged from the breaker box.
- This orange machine is dead-still. It has a hand-cranked ice cream churner and an…
- The bear's eyes are dead and empty, the corpse inside the fridge slowly rotting... The…
- A few bricks have fallen off, revealing a compartment behind the wall. It's too dark to…
- To the left of the croissants and juice bottles, several packaged raincoats fill a low…
- The barbell waits patiently on the floor, like a dog for its master.
- Out of old habit he still snaps his fingers at you -- but then stops immediately…
- "The Greatest Innocence" by João Paolo Salomao Lopez de Fuego. The book is large and…
- A sulphur-crested cockatoo sits on the cover, its beak slightly open. It looks as if the…
Notes
461- "I don't see how your problems are relevant right now, officer," the lieutenant says in a quick, clipped tone.
- "You won't have to look at that sight much longer, I promise. We will return soon." He turns to leave.
- "You were right, officer." The lieutenant nods, sportsmanlike. "He was Occidental."
- "Right again, officer." The lieutenant taps his blue pen at you, as though assigning another point.
- "I don't see how your problems are relevant right now, officer," the lieutenant says in a quick, clipped, annoyed tone.
- "This is unprofessional." He repeats: "Not sharing information with me is unprofessional."
- Who... what... Dear god, you've been lied to! She could have killed her lover and lied to everyone! She's not candid at all, she's smoke and mirrors and will…
- The lieutenant gives you a sideways glance.
- "And what would that miracle be?"
- The lieutenant has taken a small step back. He looks at your face illuminated by the flames and nods silently. Then the fire falters...
- "Nothing. What happened? Where'd you hear bad words? Was it from someone on the coast? The radio?"
- "Shut up." The lieutenant jabs you in the ribs with his elbow, then turns to the boy...
- He nods approvingly. He even smiles.
- "No." You have rarely seen him with that face.
- Slowly, with your breath held, you take two small steps toward the phasmid. The creature lets out a series of ultrasonic clicks that swarm around your head l…
- "That they are." The lieutenant looks at the spinners and sighs. "I was going to take them into evidence, but they weren't necessary for conviction. He never…
- Elsewhere in Revachol, the lieutenant has also just turned on the radio. In his privacy, he doesn't even try to stop himself from smiling.
- "But you're just fucking hateful. And I got no time for that shit. Anything else you need, or can I hang up?"