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143The Brothel Amongst The Stars%u201cCollateral damage,%u201d Kyle said. %u201cWrong place, wrong time, and in the bloody way.%u201dKeith shrugged. %u201cVery well. Let%u2019s get going then.%u201d%u201cI want a gun,%u201d Plum blurted out.%u201cDo you know how to fire one?%u201d Kyle asked her. %u201cAre you able to kill others?%u201d%u201cTry me,%u201d Plum said.%u201cIt%u2019s too risky. You could be shot.%u201d Kyle told her.%u201cI%u2019ll earn my freedom like everyone else. Give me a weapon,%u201d she demanded.Keith reached under his coat and passed her a laser pistol.Kyle looked at him disapprovingly.%u201cWhat?%u201d Keith challenged. %u201cI%u2019m giving her the right of armed selfdefence.%u201dKyle said nothing. He loosened his long coat, put his hands holding a weapon in each under the flapping sides, and walked across the street. The rest of the group followed.The slaughter was over in under five minutes. Not a single male remained alive in the brothel other than Kyle and his group. The work now was clearing the bodies and sweeping the dust that many had been reduced to out of the brother. They took the remains out to the yard at the rear and fired their lasers at the bodies until it was all dust blowing away in the breeze.%u201cWhere%u2019s the computer?%u201d Kyle asked Plum.%u201cFollow me,%u201d she said.Kyle shouted to his men, %u201cRound up all the women. Put guards on the door. No more customers today. Business as usual tomorrow.%u201d And then he followed Plum.She took him through a narrow corridor with several turns. It was