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green sweat pants, chestnut hiking boots, and a darker green top jacket. тАЬI
can still read her receiver,тАЭ said Shad, тАЬbut sheтАЩs running on empty.тАЭ

тАЬShe seems familiar,тАЭ I said.

тАЬShirley Temple, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, 1938. Jaggs, sheтАЩs
close to zeroing out.тАЭ

тАЬWalter?тАЭ

тАЬYes, sir.тАЭ

Walter moved next to the girl and knelt, light emanating from
somewhere on his chest. He reached with his right hand behind her neck,
felt around for a moment, then said, тАЬIтАЩve found the port, sir. ItтАЩs a KV12.тАЭ

He plugged in and the girlтАЩs eyes blinked. She seemed to freeze for a
second, then her gaze darted in WalterтАЩs direction. тАЬIтАЩm giving you a bit of a
charge, miss,тАЭ he said cheerfully. тАЬYou seemed a bit down.тАЭ

тАЬIn your dreams, Tick Tock. ItтАЩll be a cold day in hell before a bucket
of bolts like you gives me a charge,тАЭ she said with a definite note of
sarcasm in her voice. She didnтАЩt pull away, however. Instead she looked at
me and frowned. As she moved her gaze to ShadтАЩs illuminated micro she
stiffened.

тАЬBefore doing anything rash,тАЭ I said, тАЬI would point out that Guy
ShadтАЩs engrams, current as of two hours ago, have been copied to Exeter,
as have our friend WalterтАЩs. Mine, on the other hand, have not.тАЭ

Her gaze traversed the three of us again, stopping on me. тАЬWho are
you?тАЭ

тАЬDetective Inspector Harrington Jaggers, Devon ABCD. In the micro
is D. S. Guy Shad, and the fellow who is providing you with an increased
difference in potential is our friend Walter Cogg.тАЭ Walter nodded.

тАЬI received the transmission, but couldnтАЩt read the encryption code,тАЭ
she said to Walter. тАЬIndustrial?тАЭ

тАЬYes, miss,тАЭ said Walter as he removed his hand from the back of her
neck and stood. тАЬRent-A-Mech, Ltd., at your service. It would never do to let
competing mechanical service establishments access to our client
information, would it?тАЭ

тАЬRent-A-Mech,тАЭ she repeated without humor.

Walter nodded at me and stepped back.

тАЬI should add,тАЭ I continued, тАЬdetectives from Artificial Beings Crimes