Gately's hospital visitors (p. 822)

quote

he said he’d said he’d encouraged Lenz to rikky-tick out of there because otherwise he was afraid that he (Thrust) was going to eliminate Lenz’s map on the spot, out of rage.

Context

Thrust explaining to Pat M. (as reported to Gately — the stacked "he said he'd said he'd" is the raw's own layered reportage) why he let Lenz flee the scene: staying near Lenz risked a second demapping. The full formula — "eliminate [X]'s map on the spot" — in casual staff-to-staff use.

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Scene 161: gately hospital visitors

In anthology

Maps and Territorytexture