Parkour

“It’s bullshit. No one actually would do that.”

“See for yourself,” said Berto. “It’s in CityrunnerAR and GoParkour. I haven’t checked any others.”

Zig flicked his pupils, activating his AR system. “The bounty says five million for trick completion with recording active. No way that’s real.”

“I checked the stats.” Berto stepped to the edge, too near. “Four payouts to date. Registered and confirmed.”

“But if you just… jump… who’s going to collect?”

They both thought about their families, mothers and siblings, struggling, hungry, no corp, no hope. They both looked down, down through the airlanes to the cloud-shrouded ground.