125” thick. This was thick enough to keep a thrown rock or brick-bat from causing a serious injury, though there was no question that the wearer of ...he armor had been hit. Even a .22 caliber bullet could penetrate the armor, but there was no money for that kind of body armor. Nevertheless, the cuirass would stop a knife or club, so it was plenty adequate for the job at hand.The PVC armor was spray painted with aluminum paint to match the helmets, and now the Silver Knights were truly “knights. “I told the girls to do that mostly for them. It was a way for them to add up everything that they did to get back at me. When you’re angry, it’s easy to go overboard when you lash out a little every day. That list makes them look at it all at once. It’s not for your eyes. It’s not even for my eyes if they don’t want me to see it all. I’m going to tell them not to show it to you and I want you to promise to keep out of it. Okay?”She nodded. “If you can fix this, I’ll agree to just about. A zombie didn’t need to use force to stop someone – they just had to stand in their way and gently, inexorably, let the human wear themselves out against their undead flesh.But she did see cameras in the crowd – cellphones, recording her flight as she made her way to the consumer factories on the lowest level of the arcology. Each arcology designed and built under the UN emergency council mandates had been designed to be self contained and self sustaining – but this took labor. Immense amounts. Mike where the hell are you? I’m sorry Sandy I’m just finishing up he replied. I will be home as fast as I can listen, I don’t feel like going out tonight honey lets just make some popcorn and watch a movie on tv, and hey don’t fuck it up this time extra salt and extra butter on the popcorn ok. And with that mike hung up the phone before giving Sandy any time to respond. Sandy was pissed, all this time getting ready and now they were staying in for the night. She walked into the kitchen opened.