B-12's Moon Glow

An alarm clock is a simple mechanism used by the Builders to shock themselves into consciousness after the periodic comas to which they are subject. It is obsolescent but still used in such out of the way places as Phobos. My own contact with one of these devices came about in the following manner. I had come into Argon City under cover of darkness which is the only sensible thing to do in my profession and I was stealing through the back alleyways as silently as my rusty joints would allow.