Darkseeing

I was munching on a carrot in my cab, number two on the Manuka rank. Reading Further Tales of the City and just chilling.
So I was surprised when a passenger opened the door and got in. “What about him?” I asked, indicating the cab ahead.
“I didn’t want to wake him up,” she said, and gave [...]

1. On the level

“That’s the new ASIO building going up,” the driver said, seeing Quint’s blank face. “Australian Secret Intelligence Organisation. The spy mob. Going to be a huge building. Five stories high.”
“Five stories?” Quint tried to imagine an office block stretching along Constitution Avenue, rising above the oak trees.
“Of course, those five stories will be underground. Security, you see. Just a grassy knoll on top.”