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In the distant lower darkness, there was a sudden
lence.

She listened, but there was no sound. The hunters
would be listening, too.

Minutes crawled by.

Her eyes were good in the dark. If she stood by the
railing and looked down, she might be able to see who
was on the stairs. She didn't dare try. Even if she man-
aged to suppress the vertigo, she would be exposing
herself. There were others who could see in the dark
: even better than she.

Her legs began to tremble again, and she felt her
tfear-induced strength fading. She wouldn't be able to
fremain standing for long. Ducking her head, she
, slipped through the doorway. She stretched out an arm
[and gripped the door, swinging it slowly closed. It
Lmade no sound that she could detect. That was good.
|If she couldn't hear it, they probably couldn't either.

The locks on the door were gone\a151only splintered
|wood marked their former presence. Not that it mat-
ftered; if the hunters tracked her here, a locked door
I wouldn't stop them. Her only hope was that they would
[pass by.

The room was a sty, a haven for drifters and the

ameless. From the discarded chip casings scattered
about she knew that it had seen its share of Better-
fThan-Life parties. It would take a simsense world to
I make this dump vaguely resemble a place to spend any
{time at all. Any time at all? She might be spending

rest of her life here.

She could see nothing that might conceivably be
3d as a weapon. That really didn't matter\a151she barely


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had the strength to stand; she would be useless in a
fight. She staggered across the debris-strewn floor,