Volume 1, No. 1

Banquet / Tyrras ... 32 

A police Lada drove up to the Palace of Culture. The uniformed driver gotout the car and began trying to make the crowd go away. "Where do you suggest we go, Fedya," they sneered. Another militia officer came up to Vera, and saluted her.
"Another brawl at the dance, is it?" he asked wearily.
"More serious this time, Pasha," she said indicating with a nod of the head Bondarenko and Harioto were. "A Japanese businessman knifed in the stomach, a serious injury, and one of ours, Bondarenko, chief director of Amur Machine Works. He's not too bad. Just lost a finger."
"Hmm," the officer scratched his chin. "Does the Japanese understand Russian?"
"Speaks it well enough."
They walked over to the two victim. Bondarenko was holding the stump of his index finger under his nose. He