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HALO
Tom Maddox

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1. Burning, Burning

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On a rainy morning in Seattle, Gonzales was ready for the

egg.аA week ago he had returned from Myanmar, the country once

known as Burma, and now, after two days of drugs and fasting, he

was prepared:аhe had become an alien, at home in a distant

landscape.

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His brain was filled with blossoms of fire, their spread

white flesh torched to yellow, the center of a burning world.аOn

the dark stained oak door, angel wings danced in blue flame, their

faces beatific in the cold fire.аStaring at the animated carved

figures, Gonzales thought, the fire is in my eyes, in my brain.

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He pushed down the s-curved brass handle and stepped through

to the hallway, his split-toed shoes of soft cotton and rope

scuffing without noise across floors of bleached oak.аThrough the

open door at the hallway's end, morning's light through stained

glass made abstract patterns of crimson and buttery yellow.а

Inside the room, a blue monitor console stood against the far

wall, SenTrax corporate sunburst glowing on its face; in the