Unconventional Virtue
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Adam and Joe spent the evening munching chili cheese fries and talking about history. Nothing really ancient, but still a generous indulgence on Adam's part. Just before midnight, Adam was back at the karaoke stage: "Yellow Submarine." Joe wracked his brain, trying to find the message--some historic or linguistic pun, surely, but when Adam came back he had to admit, "Okay, I give up. What was that about?"
"Only the obvious," he answered, looking too mysterious to be anything but bullshiting.
"Right. So the submarine stands for... a lack of political transparency?"
"Subconscious desires. Really. Pay attention."
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- Part 1 of Unconventional Virtue
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"I am her justice. I am her retribution. I am your doom."
Adam scoffed. "Are you even listening to yourself?"
"You will be destroyed, and I will be the instrument of your destruction." A figure stepped out of a doorway set into the left-hand wall. He wasn't very tall, but very broad and heavy. His hair was dark and his nose was wide, but Amy couldn't make out any other features.
"Thanks. Very thoughtful and all. But I think you want someone else." Adam took a step backward. "We'll just be on our way."
The strange immortal laughed brokenly. "You will cry for release. There will be no mercy for you. You will not be tamed. You will not be saved. As far as you will ever care, this is the end of the world."
"Right," Adam whispered. "We run."
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- Part 2 of Unconventional Virtue