midday
Szandor hastily cabled a projector/loudhailer apparatus to the collector . Szandor 's dog nipped at his heels as he steadied and focused the apparatus on the screen , and Szandor plugged his comm into it and powered it up . There was a staticky pop as the speakers came to life , loud enough to be heard over the street noise . The powerful projector beamed its image onto the screen , bright even in the midday glare . There were hoots from the crowd as they recognised the feed : a live broadcast of the keynote addresses in the Centre . The Patron Ik ` Spir Pat 's hoverchair prominent . The camera lingered on the Patron 's eyes , the only part of him visible from within the chair 's masking infrastructure .