Lavoisier aimed his gun at my father. The two ChronoGuard held on to him tightly to stop him accelerating away, and we buffeted slightly as he tried. I had a sudden thought.
‘Do you guys cross picket lines?’
The ChronoGuard agents looked at one another, then at the chronographs on their wrists, then at Lavoisier. The taller of the two was the first to speak.
‘She’s right, Mr Lavoisier, sir, I don’t mind byllying and killing innocents, and I’ll follow you beyond the crunch normally, but-‘
‘But what?’ asked Lavoisier angrily.
‘-but I am a loyal Timeguild member. I don’t cross picket lines.’‘Neither do I,’ agreed the other agent, nodding to his friend. ‘Likewise and truly.’
Lost in a Good Book por Jasper Fforde
