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I
watched
for
an
hour
.
The
club
did
brisk
business
,
varied
clientele
but
mostly
male
.
They
were
checked
at
the
door
by
a
security
robot
that
resembled
nothing
so
much
as
a
concertina
’
d
octopus
strung
from
the
lintel
of
the
main
entrance
.
Some
had
to
divest
themselves
of
concealed
items
,
presumably
weapons
,
and
one
or
two
were
turned
away
.
There
were
no
protests
—
you
can
’
t
argue
with
a
robot
.
Outside
,
people
parked
,
climbed
in
and
out
of
cars
and
did
deals
with
merchandise
too
small
to
make
out
at
this
distance
.
Once
,
two
men
started
a
knife
fight
in
the
shadows
between
two
of
the
expressway
’
s
support
pillars
,
but
it
didn
’
t
come
to
much
.
One
combatant
limped
off
,
clutching
a
slashed
arm
,
and
the
other
returned
to
the
club
’
s
interior
as
if
he
’
d
done
no
more
than
go
out
to
relieve
himself
.
I
climbed
out
of
the
car
,
made
sure
it
was
alarmed
,
and
wandered
across
the
street
.
A
couple
of
the
dealers
were
seated
cross
-
legged
on
the
hood
of
a
car
,
shielded
from
the
rain
by
a
static
repulsion
unit
set
up
between
their
feet
,
and
they
glanced
up
as
I
approached
.
"
Sell
you
a
disc
,
man
?
Hot
spinners
out
of
Ulan
Bator
,
House
quality
.
"
I
gave
them
one
smooth
sweep
,
shook
my
head
unhurriedly
.
"
Stiff
?
"
Another
shake
.
I
reached
the
robot
,
paused
as
its
multiple
arms
snaked
down
to
frisk
me
,
then
tried
to
walk
over
the
threshold
as
the
cheap
synth
voice
said
‘
clear
’
.
One
of
the
arms
prodded
me
gently
back
at
chest
height
.
"
Do
you
want
cabins
or
bar
?
"
I
hesitated
,
pretending
to
weigh
it
up
.
"
What
’
s
the
deal
in
the
bar
?
"
"
Ha
ha
ha
.
"
Someone
had
programmed
a
laugh
into
the
robot
.
It
sounded
like
a
fat
man
drowning
in
syrup
.
It
cut
off
abruptly
.
"
The
bar
is
look
,
but
don
’
t
touch
.
No
money
down
,
no
hands
on
.
House
rule
.
That
applies
to
other
customers
too
.
"
"
Cabins
,
"
I
said
,
anxious
to
get
away
from
the
mechanical
barker
’
s
software
.
The
street
dealers
on
the
car
had
been
positively
warm
by
comparison
.
