Barbara looked up from her notes and said, "The next candidate has applied for the position of librarian." Okay, bring her in," Lucy said still distra...ted by thoughts about the choices that Cathy had made."It is a he," Barbara said smiling at the mistake. She had made exactly the same mistake. She pressed a key on the keyboard and said, "Send in Rudy Moore."William glanced down at the resume and frowned. Handing it over to his father, he asked, "Is this true?"Ed looked over the resume for a. . You name it, they fucked it up. That fucking Ivan Eisenegger and Eric Esterhazy: they're cunts!"He hissed the final 's' of his tirade and was clearly intending to follow through with more, but Charles spoke first."It's not the government's fault that the oil's all run out," he said. "At least not this government. It's been a long time coming. I guess no one expected it would ever actually happen." What? Like the floods and the droughts and the plagues and the famines and all the other shit?". Sure, why not?Once I gave them power from my shield, I saw a lot of data overlaid, instantly, in front of me as I walked. There were red areas marked off that showed not only the cameras on ground level or telephone poles. It even showed ones to computers that happened to be at the right angle to see me. In a bold yellow, it marked alleys, doorways, storefronts, and even mass transit stairs that it highly suggested I avoid as well. It was spot on too. A block and a half away, two men with guns. A strand of golden hair fell in front of his face. He pushed it out of the way in irritation. As he brought his arm down, it brushed against one of his mammaries. He cursed and concentrated on his male form. His true body formed out of his female one. He was going to beat this curse inflicted on him. If it was the last thing he did! Patrick wearily walked back into his apartment. It was barely a couple of hours past noon, but he could easily say this was already the worst day of his life. He.