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- "Any halfway competent notary should be able to handle this. Not getting their actual signatures was probably the best thing to do."
- Lieutenant Kitsuragi's stern expression remains unchanged -- but you sense he can't be happy about this turn of events.
- The lieutenant tries to remain impassive but the slight arch of his eyebrow tells you that he's liking it.
- "Fuckin' A, Kim. I've got your back." (Give the lieutenant a punch on the shoulder.)
- "He's right. You're undermining our best shot at real self-determination."
- "Right. I have to get back to my homework now, before Mum notices. Man, this is hard..." She looks back at the infernal scribblings under her nose.
- "Wonderful." The lieutenant falls silent. His expression is hard to read, but it certainly doesn't look happy. Then he speaks...
- "I'm going to stop this conversation." He makes a sudden hand gesture. An open palm. "This is Martinaise. People have certain attitudes here. You will find p…
- "Well," he says after taking a moment to collect himself. "You've made your views on the subject quite clear..." Another little pause.
- "Let's go." The lieutenant nods at you.
- "I thought this was a lousy way to enter a place of worship that's already in disrepair. I guess the church agreed."
- "Good god, detective! What's wrong with you?"
- "Yes, only the detective here would draw a connection between a made-up division of para-psychics and the addled ramblings of a defunct communist mage..."
- The lieutenant doesn't speak, but you believe you detect a slight widening of his eyes, as though he never expected such a cogent thought to emerge from your…
- "Thank god we avoided that fiasco, at least..."
- "I suppose that would be something to see." The lieutenant seems amused at the thought of you wrestling a bear.
- "But you made the right decision, the more difficult decision, in my mind, at least."
- "But you did accomplish your task. You reached the Coalition. I must admit, I didn't seriously think you could do it, but you've proved me wrong."