The Hole City
"You mean the whole city?" the new mayor asked.
"No, the hole city. Just the part inside the hole," the e-person explained to him.
The mayor rubbed his chin. "I thought I'd be the mayor of the city."
"Yes. Of the hole city," the e-person repeated patiently.
The mayor looked around, reaching down over the edge of the flyer. The hole was enormous, it went down into the bowels of the Earth, a fabricated hole in a fabricated city, allowing him to take a peek into the darkness. "I think you're just messing with me."
The e-person tilted its head to the side. The LEDs on its face illuminated into a pattern that indicated a human smile. "We could have, but it wouldn't be efficient. No, the voting is automatic, the people would have preferred you over the other candidate, and yo
