Sleep Dealer Page #2

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that's how they used to do it.

Unbelievable!

Another thing about my uncle...

he was a dumb ass.

Just like you.

Back at home,

I'd heard people talking...

So I knew that

node workers lived far out,

at the edge of the city.

Excuse me.

Do you know if anyone lives here?

Does it look like it?

Shut up, fool.

Welcome.

If no one's there, go for it.

It's your house.

Good morning.

Good morning.

There's been activity in your account.

Display account.

28 clients found your story

by searching "Santa Ana del Rio".

You had one sale - and one message.

I'm interested in the guy you met.

Where he's from and why he left.

Any background information

would be helpful.

I can pre-pay for the next memory.

Holy sh it.

I don't understand, "holy sh*t".

Looki ng for a node job?

It's a miracle.

I found you.

What are you doing here?

Looking for you.

For me?

Why?

I was thinking about you.

How'd it go last night?

Great.

Some guy jumped me,

stole all my money.

Anyway, I'll find someone else.

If you want, I can help.

Want to connect, baby?

Wait for me over there?

The Tijuana Node Bar.

In the bars you

could find a cheap connection.

You could find almost anything.

They served shots of teki

to exhausted node workers.

He's busy - doing a node job.

You're not from here, right?

I'm from far away.

I came here to work.

What do you do?

I'm a writer.

Trying to be one at least.

It's pretty new to me.

But I love it...

letting people out there see what I see.

But my story's not that interesting.

Why are you here?

My family had some problems.

We needed money.

That's why I'm here.

Our turn.

Hey!

What's up?

Careful with the injector.

It says 120, but it's running at 140.

Good luck, kid.

Have a seat.

And the coyotek?

You're looking at her.

You?

You want a node job, right?

If I do it, it'll be done right.

Where did you learn to do all this?

My boyfriend was a coyotek.

He installed my nodes so

we could connect.

He taught me.

Your boyfriend?

Ex-boyfriend.

The technology was

more interesting than him.

Take off your shirt.

Give me your hand.

You ticklish?

A little.

These nodes are the best

you can get on the street.

But there's still a risk.

If there's a virus or a short circuit...

electricity will pour into your body

through the nodes.

When you connect to the other side...

your body hooks into a machine.

It's a two-way connection.

Sometimes you control the machine.

And sometimes the machine controls you.

Breathe in. It'll ease the pain.

Finally...

I could connect my nervous system...

to the other system.

The global economy.

Near the place where I was living...

on the outskirts of the city...

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