This time, Bobby and Moira are in 2073 Melbourne with a mission that could get Bobby arrested, but will save millions if successful.
On the tram, I had a different kind of hassle, the usual sort. Other passengers stared at me with surprise, disdain or derision. You couldn’t blame them. For obvious reasons, we’d found no reliable records in 2099 or later of the fashions in 2073.

Variants

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  1. “Time Considered as a Series of Thermite Burns in No Particular Order” by Damien Broderick, Tor.com Original Fiction, 25 May 2011 [webzine].
  2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Damien Broderick