Chapter 17
X and Shortcut made their way down an avenue in the red light district. Bright lights, neon signs, women in display windows, driverless cars chauffeuring women and johns around, people in furry animal costumes doing s****l dances on corners for tips, dark alleys with moaning sounds coming from them—the sights didn’t bother X, but Shortcut kept his head down.
Here and there, they passed an android on patrol. The androids nodded at X.
“I’d hate to be an android here,” Shortcut said. “I’m sure they see things that no human would want to see.”
“They’re often tougher and smarter,” X said. “These are some of the most dangerous humans in the city, Shortcut. You never know what they’re going to do.”
“The red light way,” Shortcut said.
They turned onto a street with casinos, bars,
