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woman's breasts ease up and then down again.
"Your physical records indicate you would not be able to do
any heavy labor. I'm sorry Mr. Bently, but I just don't have
anything for you at all."
Dale sighed, and stood up.
"Mr. Bently, I'm curious. Your records indicate you have not
been in any schooling nor work for years. Why the sudden interest
in teaching? You could have spent all this time enrolled and
getting your credentials."
"I don't know. I haven't been feeling that well."
"Your five year life evaluation has come up with the Census
Bureau, hasn't it?"
"Yes."
"You need real help, Mr. Bently. Professional help. There
are lawyers who specialize in life justification. I strongly
advise you to see one."
"Thank you."
"I can recommend one in particular, if you like. His name is
Vlad Breenwood. Here is his address and phone number." There was a
whirring sound, and a piece of paper slipped out of a printer and
into a tray.
Thanking her once again, Dale took the paper and shuffled
out of her office.

#

Vlad Breenwood worked out of a small office in a backwater
corner of Tuleburg's 8 story shopping mall. Vlad was a balding man
in his fifties with a plastic smile and a jerky, bird-like
nervousness about him. But his voice was strong, and he quickly
convinced Dale that he knew what he was talking about. "You've
really backed yourself into a corner," Vlad was telling him.
"Something inane like, 'I think therefor I am' is not going to
wash with the Department of Life Evaluation, especially
considering you've become a 40 year old shut in. What do you do
with your time, anyway?"
"I watch television."
"Do you ever take notes?"
"Notes?"
"What kind of shows do you watch, anyway?"
"Well, um, entertainment type shows----"
"Like what? Give me some titles. What are your ten
favorites, ones that you never miss?"
"Oh, uh, Android Sluts, uh . . . Full Tilt, Onion Man,
Goddesses of Lust, Zoo Keeper's Daughter----"
"No docu-dramas? No historic recreations? No educational
programming whatsoever?"
". . . no, I'm afraid not."
"Do you have any hobbies? Do you build anything, like model
trains or anything like that?"