Sunday May 30, 2010
Book 11: Massively Parallel — Part IV: Mallcop Command

Transcript

NARRATOR: Szupa's marketing boasts "A confluence of trendylicious genegredients."

"Confluence" means "flowing together," and at this moment several things are flowing together at Szupa's.

NARRATOR: Only one of them is trendylicious, so we'll start with Liz's bowl of saladupa as it flows together with Lt. Cmdr. Shodan's stick...

NARRATOR: Kathryn and Barry cross with rehearsed precision...

NARRATOR: Chef Pangoule hurls his pastry roller at Kathryn...

NARRATOR: Kathryn hits the saladupa patch on the floor...

NARRATOR: M'Conger and the pastry roller both hit Nick...

NARRATOR: ...and both Liz and Tanner scream as three people go over the rail...

NARRATOR: Barry, of course, intended to.

NARRATOR: Nick did not.

NARRATOR: Kathryn meant to vault the rail, but did not mean to hit her head on it on her way over.

NARRATOR: She certainly did not intend to tumble unconscious into the Galleria...

NARRATOR: Her head is not half so hard as Nick's.

NICK: She's probably faking that.