Maps had never really been his thing, even during his days under Scorpio in Chasm City. There, it had hardly… — Alastair Reynolds
Maps had never really been his thing, even during his days under Scorpio in Chasm City. There, it had hardly mattered. Blood’s motto had always been that if you needed a map to find your way around a neighbourhood, you were already in trouble.
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