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of cold fog. She remembered her dreams. They wanted something scary? Fine. тАЬOkay. I got one for
you.
тАЬThere are theseтАж things. Nobody knows what planet they come from, but they showed up
one day on Rim. TheyтАЩre the color of black glass, theyтАЩre three meters long and have fangs as big as
your fingers. They have acid for bloodтАФyou cut one and if it bleeds on you, it burns right through to
the bone. Only you canтАЩt really cut them, тАЬcause they have skin as hard as a deep spacerтАЩs hull. All
they do is eat and reproduce, theyтАЩre like giant bugs, and they can bite through tool alloy, their teeth
are diamond hard.
тАЬOh, wow,тАЭ Carly said.
тАЬIf they catch you, youтАЩre lucky if they kill you,тАЭ Billie continued. тАЬBecause if they donтАЩt kill
you right off, itтАЩs worse than death. They put a baby monster inside of you, they ram it down your
throat, and it grows in your body, grows until its teeth get sharp enough, and then it chews its way
out, through meat and bone, it digs a hole in your gutsтАФтАЭ
тАЬCreesto, yuk!тАЭ Carly said.
Mag slapped herself over the chest.
Billie paused, waiting for the wisecrack.
But Mag said, тАЬIтАФI donтАЩtтАж feel too goodтАжтАЭ
тАЬCome on, Mag,тАЭ Carly said. тАЬThis is moronvilleтАФтАЭ
тАЬN-n-no, IтАФmy stomachтАФow!тАЭ
Billie swallowed, her throat dry. тАЬMag?тАЭ
тАЬAhh, it hurts!тАЭ
Mag slapped at her chest, as if she were trying to smash a rock beetle with her hand.
Suddenly the E-suit bulged over MagтАЩs solar plexus, like a fist trying to punch through a sheet
of rubber. The suit stretched impossibly.
тАЬAaahhh!тАЭ MagтАЩs scream washed over Billie.
тАЬMag! No!тАЭ Billie stood, backed away.
Carly reached for Mag. тАЬWhat is it?тАЭ
MagтАЩs suit stretched again. Tore open. Blood fountained outward, bits of flesh sprayed, and a
snakelike thing the size of BillieтАЩs arm flashed needle-pointed teeth in the dim starlight as it emerged
from the dying girl.
Carly yelled, her voice breaking. She tried to back away, but the monster shot from Mag to
Carly like a rocket. It fastened those terrible fangs on to her throat. It bit. Her blood looked black
under the starlight as it spewed into the night. Her scream turned into a gurgle.
тАЬNo!тАЭ Billie screamed. тАЬNo! It was a dream! It wasnтАЩt real! It wasnтАЩt! NoтАФ!тАЭ

Billie struggled up from sleep screaming.
The medic leaned over her. She was on a pressor bed, and the fields held her firmly to the
cushion like a giant hand. She struggled, but the harder she tried, the stronger the field became.
тАЬNo!тАЭ
тАЬEasy, Billie, easy! ItтАЩs only a dream! YouтАЩre fine, everything is okay!тАЭ
BillieтАЩs breath came in gasps. Her heart pounded, she could feel her pulse in her temples as she
stared up at Dr. Jerrin. The indirect light gleamed on the sterile white walls and ceiling of the medical
center room. Only a dream. Just like the others.
тАЬIтАЩll get you a soporific patch,тАЭ Jerrin began.
She shook her head, the pressor field would allow that much. тАЬNo. No, IтАЩm okay now.тАЭ
 тАЬYou sure?тАЭ
He had a kindly face; he was old enough to be BillieтАЩs grandfather. He had treated her for
years, ever since sheтАЩd come to Earth. For the dreams. They werenтАЩt all the same, usually she
dreamed about Rim, the world on which sheтАЩd been born. It had been thirteen years since the
nuclear accident that had destroyed the colony on Rim, almost a decade since she left Ferro. And