Authentic Science Fiction Monthly No. 41 — page 78: what you’re looking at

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THE BOOGIE MATRIX every trace of response to the questions flung at her. It was going to be easy. “Forgive the illumination,” said Rondo, smoothly. ““We like to see our guests—par- ticularly the more attractive ones, such as yourself. Okay, Lieutenant—take over.” “Why did you go to see Bax Borden?’ snapped Pope. Zora tried to pierce the blurred haze that screened her interlocutor, but she could see only a silhouette. “T didn’t,” she replied. “‘We know you did. And it wasn’t your first visit. Is he your lover?” “I don’t know him.” The questions were as though meaningless. That was the effect of the synapsin, which acted directly on the nerve synapses in the brain tissue, hindering recognition of ideas, and obscuring as- sociation of memory trains and interlinked data. It was like holding a conversation in a foreign language which one could readily understand, without being able to find the correct words for expres- sion of simple ideas. The Secs were wasting their time— mes she couldn’t give a coherent answer even if she wanted to. “What did you talk to him about?’ Pope went on in the same, bad-tempered voice. “Who ‘pie “Bax Borden.” **T don’t know Bax Borden.” “Did you talk about Matrix 24?” “T don’t know what you mean.” . “Why did you visit Karl Soliki?”’ “T didn’t.” “We know you did. You were seen leaving the block where Borden lives, and to travel by velo-track to Soliki’s apartment. You were with him twenty minutes. Why did you go to see him?” “I didn’t.” *“What did Soliki say about —insurrection ?” “I don’t know what you mean.”’ “What is the connection between Soliki and Borden?” “I don’t understand you.” “Let me put it this way. What is the connection be- tween Matrix 24 and the Reversionist plot to seize power ?” comicloooks.comn