Rollerball Page #5

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Use your pads. Use what you got.

Drive that arm in there.

Keep your feet forward.

Hit, move, you get away from the wreck.

Don't come across in here.

You get all twisted.

Or if a biker's sittin' up nice and high -

a lot of guys like to ride high -

drag one off in midair. I hurt you, Blue?

I wouldn't hurt him for the world.

Now a third method, and the one

perfected by a little friend of mine,

the swoop.

The swooper, that's me!

Hang up on the rail,

use the speed of the track,

come down and drop-kick a biker.

Say, excuse me.

You're not paying a whole lot

of attention, are you?

- What's this dude's name?

- That's our new speedball from Manila.

Yeah, you know. That's Toughie.

Come on up, Tough.

Oh, he's a big honker.

Say, why don't you do

me and the boys a favour?

Since you know all there is to know,

we'd appreciate it.

Why not give us a demonstration?

Show us how you made that big rep.

Just skate around

and just take me out, huh?

Go get him, Toughie.

Now, eyes. Use 'em.

Don't lock your eyes in one spot. This

game isn't all muscle. Use your head.

Lock your eyes on the target and keep...

Ears. Now, they're real important, too.

If there's anything I love,

it's luxury centres.

When I get my privilege card,

I know what I'm gonna get me, too.

- A secretary.

- What for?

You planning on becoming an executive?

I just need one. About this tall.

Yeah? Why don't you give it a rest?

- Can I help you, please?

- Yeah. I tried to order some books

and they said I had to appear

at the centre personally.

That's right, this is our circulation unit.

Make your choice here or by catalogue.

There must be a mistake.

These books are classified.

They have been transcribed

and summarised.

- Who summarises them?

- I suppose the computers do.

- What do you need books for?

- I wanna study up on some things.

You could go to the computer centre

where the real librarians are.

But we have all the edited versions here.

Anything I think you'd want.

Let's see, then. This is not a library

and you're really not a librarian.

I'm only a clerk, that's right.

I'm sorry, really.

The books are really in computer banks

being summarised? Where is that?

There's a computer bank in Washington.

The biggest is in Geneva.

That's a nice place to visit.

- I guess that's where the books are now.

- Thank you.

It's not that exactly.

Yeah, but books, Jonathan?

Anything you wanna know,

you could hire a corporate teacher.

You could call somebody up,

use your privilege card.

I can't. That's just it.

I think there's something goin' on.

Somebody's pushin' me.

Who? Bartholomew?

But you're Jonathan E. Everybody

knows you. You've got everything!

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