Alyd in Tantra's Fairy Tales by ADALBERTO ATONDO SAINZ - HTML preview

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"Please sit down," I told them, referring to the couch in the living room. They scanned the area with their E-Eyes. They took their time to settle. The Asian partner did not take away his sunglasses.

E-Eyes stand for Electronic Eye (not a very creative name, creativity is etermely scarce today) people who can afford them and NO officials have these enhancements on their bodies. They can scan for threats, use X-Rays, Zoom in and out, scan for civilian ids, predict weather, etc.

They can also share communication with other E-Eyes as wel .

"We just want some answers." Colored officer final y talked to me.

“Please, go on ' I said, unbottling an old wine. I then served three glasses and offered some cigarettes which they respectful y declined arguing that they were on duty. I had no other choice but to listen to them and hope they leave fast.

"You have a nice place, Mr. Cee," He said.

"Clean and wel taken care of. Such a shame it is located in a shit hole neighborhood, but that is by your own choice” he said. “Are you alone?"

"Just me" i said.

"My name is Officer Gary Fischer, New Order Police Officer and this is Anys, my partner" he continued "If you cannot deduce the reason why we are here, please let me continue"

Oh, i know why you are here, you wil never find her He proceeded to light up his own cigar leaving mines on the table. He took a look around before continuing. I couldn’t read him. His trench coat was a modern evolution of the ones officers wear in the battlefields. He has an aura of authority around him but is lacking power. He looks smart, I'l give him that.

“The use of dark magic is prohibited among the normal population” He final y said. “Any public display of magic is to be punished” he continued.”You know, people freak out!” He said waving his arms into the air smiling, trying to be funny “We, of course are not accusing you of any of these crimes Mr Cee but since the NO does not have any Eye-in-the-sky in this suburbs we need to make sure you are innocent before we go on our own ways back to the sky were we came from.”