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and on the estate, and Mum had been visited by the police twice.
    So Lukas had taken Joe aside and explained as best he could to an 8-year-old that it wasn’t Mum’s fault his dad had gone, nor was it Joe’s, and messing about with the older kids, helping them nick cars and stuff wasn’t helping Mum.
    After a few months, Joe had calmed down. But now he hung on to Lukas at all times, and kicked off if his big brother didn’t take him everywhere. Lukas had even started taking Joe to junior school before heading off to Park Vale High. Which Mum appreciated no end, so that was good.
    But occasionally, Lukas wanted to kick off by himself, be alone, not be the responsible one.
    Today was a day like that, but here he was with Joe, watching this new demo along with thirty other people, all
    tucked into a shop that probably safely took ten people at most. God help them if there was a fire.
    A large (in every direction) woman moved in front of them, so Lukas hoisted Joe up into his arms so he could see better. This meant Lukas could see nothing. So while Joe (how heavy was he getting?) watched intently, Lukas’s gaze drifted round the shop.
    A skinny guy in a blue suit was tapping away at a demonstration laptop that was probably going to be out of date by the end of today. The guy was searching for something on the internet – Lukas could see repeated screens showing a search engine (ooh, technical term!) –and frowning. He clearly wasn’t getting the results he wanted.
    The man reached into his pocket and took out a shiny tube, like a marker pen, and pointed it at the screen. At first, Lukas thought he was going to write on the laptop’s screen but instead the end of the pen glowed blue, and Lukas watched in amazement as the images on the screen downloaded and changed at a phenomenal rate. No, an impossible rate. The blue-suited man took a pair of thick black glasses out of another pocket and put them on as he stared intently at the changing screens. Surely he couldn’t read that fast?
    He became aware that Lukas was watching him and smiled, almost sheepishly. The shiny pen went back into a pocket, the glasses into another.
    Lukas realised his mouth was open, so he snapped it shut.
    Blue Suit Guy winked at Lukas and was about to leave
    the shop, when he reached forward and picked up a leaflet about the demonstration Lukas’s little brother was watching. And then he looked at the crowd and wandered over.
    Lukas quickly switched his attention back to the demo.
    Or at least to the back of Fat Lady’s head.
    After a few minutes of listening to some blonde droning on about how revolutionary the new computer system was, Blue Suit Guy shrugged and muttered about ‘impossible’ and ‘not on this planet’ and ‘contradicting the Shadow Proclamation’s Eighteenth Protocol’, at which point Lukas decided that, shiny penthing or not, this guy was probably a nutter. Maybe he should get Joe away from him, just in case the guy had a knife.
    Lukas leaned forward to whisper in Joe’s ear that maybe it was time to go home, when Blue Suit Guy nudged him.
    ‘So, everyone’s inside all the electronics shops, yeah?’
    ‘Sorry?’
    ‘The streets were pretty empty. As I walked along, I realised everyone was in shops like this, watching these demos.’
    ‘Today’s the launch,’ Lukas found himself explaining.
    ‘Everyone’s interested.’
    ‘You’re not,’ Blue Suit Guy replied.
    Lukas shrugged. ‘Kid brother is.’
    ‘Ah. I see.’
    Lukas tried to step away, but was hemmed in by another man on one side and Fat Lady in front.
    Blue Suit Guy got his shiny pen out again. ‘Don’t mind
    me,’ he said.
    But Lukas did mind him. A lot.
    ‘Why are you here?’ he asked.
    Blue Suit Guy shrugged. ‘Well, firstly, I’m letting a friend go home for a bit. Secondly, I was wondering why everyone was in here. And fourthly, I’m now really concerned by the technology in that laptop.’
    Lukas knew he’d regret this. ‘And