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| Jonnytruck | ||
| A movable bathroom for hire; cost is offset by reclamation. |
| It was just like the Jonnytrucks they had driving around the city. They were smart. They were always taking things into the arcology. They never let anything out. They were experts at taking in the nutrients they needed...
He climbed out and watched the Jonnytruck drive off, playing its siren song of bathroom for hire as it drove down the darkening boulevard... |
| From The Water Knife,
by Paolo Bacigalupi. Published by Knopf in 2015 Additional resources -
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