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A lot of Australian cities had also moved underground when the temperatures got too high. All that was
left on the surface now was a flat wilderness of a land once filled with ranches and wheat. The seas had
reclaimed large parts of the south. There would be humans on that ship who wouldnтАЩt recognize the
coastlines theyтАЩd left.

тАЬJust as well theyтАЩre used to roughing it, then.тАЭ Kimbell opened the car door and stood in the draft of
cold air that rushed out, arms held away from his sides. тАЬAnd MichallatтАЩs a know-all ponce, PM. CanтАЩt
stand him. I bet the Eqbas wonтАЩt be anything like they are on the telly.тАЭ

But Bari couldnтАЩt take his eyes off the Eqbas ship. It moved slowly east as if it was tracking them, and
then it fragmented.

There was no other word for it. Chunks flew off, more mini rugby balls of molten-to-solid bronze, not in
a random explosion but in a controlled burst like a fireworks display, spreading fragments in a uniform
radial pattern. The parts dispersed, streaking across the sky in different directions, and the largest part
lifted higher into the sky.

тАЬFireworks.тАЭ Bari wondered how the Eqbas did that. тАЬI always forget my cam when thereтАЩs something
amazing to see.тАЭ

тАЬFireworks all right, sir,тАЭ Kimbell said. They got into the vehicle; the cool relief of the aircon was one of
the purest animal pleasures left in life. тАЬThe fireworks display to mark the end of the bloody world.тАЭ



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I have made it work consistently, Gai Chail. I am confident that I can remove cтАЩnaatat from any human
host, because I can remove it from Dr. Rayat after multiple reinfections. I plan to continue to work on
removing it from wessтАЩhar, of course.

DA SHAPAKTI, biologist-physician of Surang, in a message to Esganikan Gai, pending her revival in
Earth orbit



Shan Frankland rolled over, stomach heaving in disoriented protest, and found herself staring at the
curved surface of a marbled planet from space.

SheтАЩd been here before, without a suit.
Shit, shit, shit, IтАЩve been spaced again, IтАЩm spaced againтАж

Thin watery vomit came to a spattering halt in front of her face as it hit something solid, and she knew
she wasnтАЩt treading vacuum this timeтАФnot drifting in the void, freeze-dried, yet alive and consciousтАФbut
on an Eqbas ship with its deck in transparent display mode. It wasnтАЩt the most reassuring thing to see
when you were struggling to surface from cryosuspension.

тАЬShit,тАЭ she said again. тАЬShit, you said IтАЩd sleep through this.тАЭ

Her voice came out as a rasping whisper as she inhaled the distinctive scent of an agitated Eqbas. The
ship was alive with the noise, and smells of three speciesтАФEqbas crew, ussissi aides, human payload.