\u201cMy f-f-father<\/em>\u2013initiated, t-tried to initiate me\u2013into\u2013\u201d He let the sentence trail away.<\/p>\n Elena clicked her tongue impatiently. \u201cIf you\u2019re going to be evasive about the supernatural element of your story, the SDECE is not buying.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cEvasive.\u201d Philby laughed shortly, aware of the weight of chunky steel on his ankle and wondering if he might ever be faced with the necessity\u2013and have the courage\u2013to turn the gun on himself. \u201cIt is v-vaguely shameful<\/em>, though, isn\u2019t it? Didn\u2019t you feel that, in B-Berlin?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAnd if you\u2019re not willing to face shame<\/em>, we\u2019re not going to get anywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cMy f-f-father\u2013initiated, t-tried to initiate me\u2013into\u2013\u201d He let the sentence trail away. Elena clicked her tongue impatiently. \u201cIf you\u2019re going to be evasive about the supernatural element of your story, the SDECE is not buying.\u201d \u201cEvasive.\u201d Philby laughed shortly, aware of the weight of chunky steel on his ankle and wondering if he might ever […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1071,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[34,36],"class_list":["post-5807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-humiliation","tag-things-that-sound-like-they-come-from-tim-powers-novels"],"yoast_head":"\n