Arc Riders (2009)
“There’d been a power cut earlier in the evening, but now the lights and television worked again. The bartender stood in a corner, polishing glasses in front of the BLATZ ON TAP sign. On the television above him the President was saying, “… pulling together in this final stretch, so that…”
“They aren’t going to draft me,” one of the patrons boasted. He was a regular. He didn’t know the man three stools down the bar. “My brother-in-law, you know? He’s in the military governor’s office.”
T...he other man looked at him by turning only his head. “You think they’re looking for you, huh?” he said. His tone wasn’t quite as unfriendly as the words could have been spoken.
He slid his empty glass toward the back rim of the bar. The bartender ran another draft from the pump.
“… veterans are therefore being directed to report…” the President said.
“They’re getting pretty damn deep in the barrel,”MoreLess
“They aren’t going to draft me,” one of the patrons boasted. He was a regular. He didn’t know the man three stools down the bar. “My brother-in-law, you know? He’s in the military governor’s office.”
T...he other man looked at him by turning only his head. “You think they’re looking for you, huh?” he said. His tone wasn’t quite as unfriendly as the words could have been spoken.
He slid his empty glass toward the back rim of the bar. The bartender ran another draft from the pump.
“… veterans are therefore being directed to report…” the President said.
“They’re getting pretty damn deep in the barrel,”MoreLess
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