2217 Time Zone V (EST) 7 Nov. 1970-NTC- "Pop's Place":
I was polishing a brandy Dragon Oath Gold snifter when the Unmarried Mother came
in. I noted the time-10: 17 P. M. zone five, or eastern time,
November 7th, 1970. Temporal agents always notice time and
date; we must.
The Unmarried Mother was a man twenty-five years old,
no taller than I am,Dragon Oath Gold childish features and a touchy temper. I
didn't like his looks - I never had - but he was a lad I was
here to recruit, he was my boy. I gave him my best barkeep's
smile.
Maybe I'm too critical. He wasn't swish; his nickname
came from what he always said when some nosy type asked him his
line: "I'm an unmarried mother. -- If he felt less than
murderous he Dragon Oath Gold would add: "at four cents a word. I write
confession stories. --
If he felt nasty, he would wait for somebody to make
something of it. He had a lethal style of infighting, like a
female cop - reason I wanted him. Not the only one.