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system."
"It wasn't me."
"What?"
"It wasn't me."
"I wasn't accusing you." Her voice rose. "Why did you think
I was accusing you?"
"You're always accusing me."
Erin thought this over. She had accused him a lot recently,
and she was right every time. My god, she thought, he's hacking my
system. "Why are you hacking my system?"
"See?"


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"Duane, my system is my livelihood and my life."
"I have a present for you," he said.
"I don't care. Duane, what are you trying to get out of my
system? If you want information just ask me for it."
Duane had turned and was digging in a pack for something. He
found something small and produced it, showing it to her. "You
know what this is?"
She looked at it briefly. A small black crystal of some
sort, it looked like cheap jewelry. He peeled something off the
back, reached forward and, before she could stop him, placed it
against her skin between her breasts.
"It's pretty," he said. "Do you like it?"
She pulled at it; it wouldn't come off. "Duane, what is
this?"
"A pretty jewel."
"It is not. It's ugly and it's stuck to me. Duane . . ."
"It's okay, it'll come off if you soak it in water for a
while. Don't you like it?"
"No, I don't . . . I don't wear this kind of jewelry. Duane,
what is going on? Tell me, please, I'm getting frightened."
"Well, I can tell you now. That is a tachyon signal
blocker."
She stared at him in shock.
"I don't want you talking to your executive for a while, so
I waited until after your report. Now I have about 8 hours of your
undivided attention."
"I don't think this is funny. I want this thing off me now."
The boat slowed and stopped. They had reached the middle of
the river, a good 3.5 kilometers from land in either direction.
Duane picked up the fishing guns from the deck beside him.
"You know, " he said, "that crystal really does look nice on
you. I mean, it's really set off. Something so black and shiny
against your white skin. I've always found you beautiful, Erin,
I've never had to fake that."