The countdown clock on Register 1 was dropping fast.
00:44 SECONDS
PENALTY: IMMEDIATE BODILY LIQUIDATION
ENFORCEMENT: SEVENFOLD SUMMARY SEVERANCE
The red digits pulsed against the green phosphor screen.
The three concentric rings of wire teeth inside the Executive stamp tightened around Julian Vance’s left cuff. Julian could feel the freezing edge of the steel staples biting through the denim, indenting the skin of his wrist.
At Station 5, Dr. Corvo let out a sharp grunt.
The Human Resources stamp had chewed through another half-inch of his white lab coat.
