- But his family was not a family of sincerity. The Boliver family was not one of straight lines, but of crooked angles, ever askew, always hiding the true intersection of purposes. Grim knew to look for the angle, the grift, the obfuscated manipulation in every situation, even one conspired by his darling niece… -
On chapter 5 of Mindframe, we meet Grim Boliver, the second in command of a group known as a Fifth House. They control all black market transactions for the America under the watchful eye of WorldGov. Grim and his niece and nephew visit a shopping plaza meant only for high ranking members of the establishment. As he collects an important piece of art from a shopkeeper named Penny, he is reminded of family. But nothing with this family is as it seems. Grim knows his niece is manipulating him to meet him in the plaza, but the reason why is darker than he feared, and it shines a light on the worst parts of his family and his government.
“And do you think the Alpha is actually sane still? Do you think any of the Messengers went through contact without being irrevocably changed?” ...
“You and me, we aren’t like regular women. You are trained to be here, to do this very important job. I have been equally...
The old man lingered in the liminal place that presaged sleep, that space where reality had variable density and fluctuating tactile strength. Moments of...
