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           TheZionitekickedofffromthepinkpilotmodule.`Easy,mon.Measuretwice,cutonce,wisemanputit.Wegetupthere...’

           TherewasairinthecorrugatedgangwaythatledfromMarcusGarvey’saftlocktothemidbaylockoftheyachtcalledHaniwa,buttheykepttheirsuitssealed.Maelcumexecutedthepassagewithballeticgrace,onlypausingtohelpCase,who’dgoneintoanawkwardtumbleashe’dsteppedoutofGarvey.Thewhiteplasticsidesofthetubefilteredtherawsunlight;therewerenoshadows.

           Garvey’sairlockhatchwaspatchedandpitted,decoratedwithalaser-carvedLionofZion.Haniwa’smidbayhatchwascreamygray,blankandpristine.Maelcuminsertedhisglovedhandinanarrowrecess.Casesawhisfingersmove.RedLEDscametolifeintherecess,countingdownfromfifty.Maelcumwithdrewhishand.Case,withoneglovebracedagainstthehatch,feltthevibrationofthelockmechanismthroughhissuitandbones.TheroundsegmentofgrayhullbegantowithdrawintothesideofHaniwa.MaelcumgrabbedtherecesswithonehandandCasewiththeother.Thelocktookthemwithit.

           HaniwawasaproductoftheDornier-Fujitsuyards,herinteriorinformedbyadesignphilosophysimilartotheonethathadproducedtheMercedesthathadchauffeuredthemthroughIstanbul.ThenarrowmidbaywaswalledinimitationebonyveneerandflooredwithgrayItaliantiles.Casefeltasthoughhewereinvadingsomerichman’sprivatespabywayoftheshower.