OceaniaChapter 29
Life in Oceania slowly returned to a semblance of normality now that Armageddon had been averted. It was Huxley that brought the next crisis to Emily's attention. "Walk with me Lieutenant," he requested. The Major's use of her rank reassured her. She appreciated the man's respect and would have felt diminished if he'd referred to her by name. "Are you still okay with me Major," she asked. "Man or machine, I don't much care Lieutenant. Just so long as you do your job and don't...