Chapter 34
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I thought about the whole thing some more on the plane back to Reno, watching the thick gray clouds pass by below us. The more I thought about it, the more I thought the key to the whole thing must be Kumar’s satellite, not the Quod Glasses as such. I didn’t know how Vitalius could possibly kill anybody by sending up a huge amount of tungsten in a satellite, but there must be some way.
“You seem thoughtful,” said Vitalius. He was sitting right next to me in first class.
“I’m just pondering,” I said. “Some of this new hardcore stuff I’ve been listening to is so intense. Rise of the North Star and that sort of thing. It makes punk rock seem almost... innocent. Like the Good Old Days when everything was simpler and happier. You know?”
“Indeed I do. But then, I’ve been
