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Calloway. I will not let Parasus suffer the same fateful history that your home world has suffered.”
    The Agent wasn’t sure if he would be able to contain his disgust, nor his temper, for much longer. The more the arrogant lord spoke, the more he wished to pull his sidearm from its holster and whip the man with it. At that very moment, his fingers were flexing, desperately wishing to be allowed to grasp the holstered weapon. In his younger years, he may have let them. Today, however, he had to rely upon his experience and wisdom to guide his actions. Property and slavery laws were almost non-existent in the outer planets as common law was seldom acknowledged. Out here, one had to rely upon the laws of the individual planets more so than of Earth’s. It wasn’t something that Calloway liked, or even could stomach, but to attempt to enforce Common Law so far from home was to stand-alone. Nathan had no intention of being brought to Parasus justice.
    The Agent’s mind attempted to work quickly to find some loophole in interplanetary trade agreements that would make the lord’s claim moot. For a brief moment, he’d almost wished to be a Cyber, if only to access any information he wanted at a second’s notice. Luckily, he had another option.
    “MA Joseph,” he started. “Is there anything in the interplanetary trade agreements that would assist with the problem?”
    “I’m sorry Agent Calloway,” Joseph replied. “I’m afraid that interplanetary trade agreements do not cover the use of human life as collateral, nor as to property. In this case, Parasus laws must apply. We will take the information the lord has on the ‘thugs’, as he called them, and do our best to track their location.”
    It was all Calloway could do to keep his face in a neutral expression towards the unfavorable news. He’d hoped that the Cyber would have discovered some loophole that would allow him to shackle Elsmere and haul his sorry ass back to Earth. The man seemed to be reading his mind, a wry smile forming upon his face as the agent stared at him.
    “You will find the names and descriptions on your tablet, Agent Calloway,” Elsmere said cheerfully. “Please send word as to when I can expect the return of my property. A set is of no value if it is not complete.”
    The fingers demanded to be released, to beat the man’s face so viciously that he would never smile again. No, they wanted first to drag out into the public square and then beat him without mercy. They wanted to show this world that humanity still existed, even so far from the Earth’s grasp. His mind, however, knew a much more humbling truth.
    “Very well,” Calloway muttered as he turned to leave the room.
    The agent was halfway to the door when the MA closed in behind him. In complete silence, the pair trekked down the stairs and waited for the guards to open the red-glassed doors for them. They spoke not a word the entire trip back, the faint humming of the transport’s motor the only sound to be heard. It wasn’t until they reached the platform, far away from the guards that the agent broke the silence.
    “The nerve of that smug-ass, piece of shit,” Nathan groaned. “Did you see what he was doing? He was practically taunting me in there. He wanted me to get violent. Who the fuck does that?”
    Incoming file………
    “I mean, what the hell is wrong with these people,” Nathan continued. “And did you see the youngest one in there? What was she, ten-years-old? He already has her trained to strip off her clothes. What the fuck?”
    Initiating new protocols….
    “Are you gonna say something?” Nathan snapped, turning to the MA. “Aren’t you even just a little pissed about this? I know you have a chip in your brain, but you’re ninety-eight percent human, right?”
    The MA cocked his head to one side for a moment, looking at nothing in particular. Calloway was about to ask if he was even listening when the man suddenly turned away and started to