[Sir Lanka Files 01] The Client
Another story set in the “Honest, the Martian Ate Your Dog” universe. Most of my stories since “Honest” have been set in Kabul City since that’s where the original story was set. However, I felt that it was time for a change of scenery.
Plus, the current situation in Sri Lanka made me want to set a story there. So here’s where my mind went given what’s going on in Sri Lanka presently — an alternate, future Sri Lanka set in a post-apocalyptic, post-alien-encounter world…
Note: “Sir” Lanka in the title is not a typo 🙂 You’ll understand the reasoning when you read the story.
“You want me to do what?” DaVic spluttered, trying to make sense of what he’d heard.
The woman sitting across from him stared at him calmly, her brown eyes drilling into his own as if she dared him to look away. She held DaVic’s gaze for a second longer than was strictly necessary and then nodded, almost imperceptibly.
“You heard me,” she said casually, dismissing his reaction as if he was a child throwing a tantrum.
“But … but … the Thieves Guild … they aren’t going to take kindly to me horning in on their territory …”
“Don’t worry about the Thieves Guild, they are onboard with this,” the woman said matter-of-factly.
