Yet, failing any form of agreement between Nations of Earth and gamra, these guards were the only line of defence against criminal elements from other worlds; Athens was a tightly-guarded exclusion zone. Getting out was even harder than getting in.
Did I have any forbidden items, such as weapons, spyware, electronics that could be turned into spyware—there was a long list.
I showed my reader and infusor. More guards were called, while the items went from hand to hand. I was flagged as an interplanetary passenger and Person Of Interest. They searched my bag, every item laid out on the table. Eyebrows rose at the sight of my bloodied shirt.
“Had an accident,” I explained, and showed them my bandaged hands. My heart thudded, because I was certainly the very type of person these guards were
