Chapter 20

“Well, you know,” he said, “ignorance of the law is no excuse, is it?”

It sounded too much like one of the principles of the OS for Carl to say anything further. He wondered, however, whether he was discovering some evidence at least for parallels between the two ostensibly antipodal societies, or whether the doctor had merely been speaking out of malice

When he had recovered—he had not been given, and had defiantly decided not to ask for, pain medication—he returned to work wearing only the lightest of undershirts, the Time Pirates’ penchant for sartorial eccentricity making this possible. Nothing was said, though there were smirks that he caught in the corner of his eye.