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some-other-times together. At any rate I knew it wouldnтАЩt be long before he was
out again, but it turned out to be a lot less than not very long. It couldnтАЩt
even have been a minute before he reappeared, and he immediately tried jumping
for the coasters.тАЭ
тАЬWithout stopping to relock the balcony doors?тАЭ Sharp asked with shock in her
voice. тАЬI canтАЩt believe Seero would overlook anything that important.тАЭ
тАЬHe didnтАЩt overlook it,тАЭ I said, answering the question for all of them. тАЬHe
didnтАЩt stop because they were right behind him, too close, as it turned out, for
him to get the coasters moving before they were on top of him. They had hand
weapons out and ready, so all he could do was drop back down to the terrace.тАЭ
тАЬBut he wasnтАЩt supposed to have been killed with a hand weapon,тАЭ Ricco pointed
out, his expression strange. тАЬDid the thuds cover up that part of it?тАЭ
тАЬThey didnтАЩt use the weapons, they just covered him with them.тАЭ I said with a
headshake. тАЬAt first it was only the two heavies who stopped him, and I was sure
they were private security, which would have meant Seero was caught. Then three
men and a woman stepped out on the balcony, four faces I recognized instantly in
the light coming from inside, and I began to think everything would be all
right. I knew for a fact that Seero had done strokes for at least two of them,
and they would therefore understand he could be counted on to keep quiet about
whatever heтАЩd seen or heard. One of the men spoke to Seero with an amused smile

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on his face, turned and said something to the others, then gestured away the two
heavies with the hand weapons. From where I stood, it looked like Seero had been
told he was free to go.тАЭ
When I paused to swallow at my javi, none of them jumped in with prompts or
questions or comments. They knew what was coming, and although they had already
decided to listen, they were in no hurry to hear it.
тАЬI watched Seero go back to his line with what seemed to be reluctance, and
couldnтАЩt understand why he wasnтАЩt acting as relieved as I felt.тАЭ I continued
beyond the pause. тАЬAfter thinking about it IтАЩve decided he knew what was coming,
which is another thing those four will regret. Seero jumped for the coasters,
had them unlocked in a moment, then slid away from the balcony. He was about
halfway across when one of the heavies reached up to the line anchor with
something too small for me to see, but which .must have been made of plastic. It
broke the holding field that kept the anchor firmly attached to the wall, and
suddenly Seero wasnтАЩt sliding down the line, he and the line were falling toward
the inner face of the north tower. He tried absorbing most of the shock of
contact with his legs, but the angle of descent was too steep and he was moving
too fast. He slammed into the building between two terraces, the impact so hard
I could hear it, and then he was gone from the line and falling toward the
ground so many stories below. When I looked back to the terrace, the four and
their heavies had already disappeared.тАЭ
By then I was staring down into my javi cup, wishing it held something a lot
stronger than javi, feeling the new silence that surrounded me. All the
expectation from earlier had disappeared, leaving behind a limping, wordless
plea for some sort of explanation.
тАЬI donтАЩt understand,тАЭ Tris said after the gap had grown almost awkward, his