Starport
Starport
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TO USE MANNING’S
HEAD FOR BATTING
PRACTICE.
WHAT’S
ERNIE KVETCHING
ABOUT?
I WHIFFED,
DIDN’T I? TELL
HIM “ALMOST” ONLY
COUNTS IN HORSE-
SHOES AND HAND
GRENADES.
YOU SURE
I CAN’T GIVE HIM
A FEW DINGS, FOR
AUTHENTICITY?
THANK
YOU, SERGEANT
MONDRAGON.
THAT’LL BE
ALL.
AARON, THIS
IS SAM WINEGLASS
FROM THE STATES
ATTORNEY’S OFFICE.
SAM, THIS IS
DETECTIVE AARON
STEIN.
DETECTIVE?
THAT ISN’T A
REAL TATTOO...
IS IT?
ONLY MY
HAIRDRESSER WILL
EVER KNOW FOR
CERTAIN.
WHAT THE
HELL WERE YOU
DOING AT THE EL THIS
MORNING, ESPECIALLY
AT A STOP THAT’S
THREE BLOCKS
AWAY? ARE YOU
NUTS?
WHAT DO
YOU THINK I WAS
DOING? I WAS
GETTING MYSELF
ARRESTED!
THEY LIVE LIKE
A PACK OF WILD DOGS,
AND HOLLANDER’S GOT
SOMEONE ON ME 24/7,
SINCE I’M THE NEW
GUY AND SO
CHARMING
AND ALL.
THIS WAS
THE ONLY WAY TO
REPORT IN, MAKE SURE
I DIDN’T GET STUCK
EXPLAINING MYSELF
AT THE WRONG
DISTRICT.
WE GOT
A FEW OF THEM
OFF THE STREETS,
ANYWAY.
WELL, GO
PUT THEM BACK.
THEY’LL WALK ANYWAY.
ENTRAPMENT. THIS
MORNING’S LITTLE
PRANK WAS
MY IDEA.
LITTLE PRANK?
TRY FELONY ASSAULT,
BATTERY, MALICIOUS
DESTRUCTION OF
PROPERTY...
...AND A
PARTRIDGE
IN A PEAR
TREEEEE.
DIME-STORE
CRAP, COUNSELOR.
THE BIS PRIZE IS
STILL BEHIND
DOOR NUMBER
THREE.
EARTHBLOOD’S
GOING TO TRY AND
WHACK THE SKRIT
TRADE ENVOY.
DAMN IT!
ARE YOU
SURE?
I CAN’T TELL
YOU WHEN OR
WHERE–YET. BUT
