It's time to go," Vitaly says.
"You're telling me it's time to go? I've been waiting for you to wake up for an
hour."
As Hiro approaches, Vitaly watches his sword uncertainly. Vitaly's eyes are dry
and red, and on his lower lip he is sporting a chancre the size of a tangerine.
"Did you win your sword fight?"
"Of course I won the fucking sword fight," Hiro says. "I'm the greatest sword
fighter in the world."
"And you wrote the software."
"Yeah. That, too," Hiro says.
"You're telling me it's time to go? I've been waiting for you to wake up for an
hour."
As Hiro approaches, Vitaly watches his sword uncertainly. Vitaly's eyes are dry
and red, and on his lower lip he is sporting a chancre the size of a tangerine.
"Did you win your sword fight?"
"Of course I won the fucking sword fight," Hiro says. "I'm the greatest sword
fighter in the world."
"And you wrote the software."
"Yeah. That, too," Hiro says.
( Neal Stephenson )
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