Mood grafts

“Will you finally buy me some damned moodies? I’d stop interrogating
people if you did!”

“The purchase of mood-altering grafts is strictly outlawed among
officers of the Imperial Iyalets,” I said stolidly. “And I don’t break policy,
ma’am. Being as I want to keep my position, you see.”

“Just a few of the psychedelic ones,” she said. “That’d buy me a day
away from this boredom.”

“Does the imperial code of conduct apply to the psychedelic mood
grafts as well, ma’am? For if so, you already have my answer.”
She squinted at me and plucked a single harsh chord on the situr.
Here it comes, I thought.

“When I performed my duties in the inner rings of the Empire…” she
said. And there it is. “…my assistant investigators procured all kinds of materials and
substances for me!” she finished. “Without question!”

- The Tainted Cup, Chapter 2 Pg. 42