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           ’

           `No,’3Janesaid,`therewasHideo.Idon’tthinkyouquiteunderstandaboutHideo.Shedoes,evidently.’

           `Likeadrink?’

           `Wine.Thewhite.’

           Casejackedout.

           MaelcumwashunchedoverGarvey’scontrols,tappingoutcommandsforadockingsequence.Themodule’scentralscreendisplayedafixedredsquarethatrepresentedtheStraylightdock.Garveywasalargersquare,green,thatshrankslowly,waveringfromsidetosidewithMaelcum’scommands.Totheleft,asmallerscreendisplayedaskeletalgraphicofGarveyandHaniwaastheyapproachedthecurvatureofthespindle.

           `Wegotanhour,man,’Casesaid,pullingtheribbonoffiberopticsfromtheHosaka.Hisdeck’sback-upbatteriesweregoodforninetyminutes,buttheFlatline’sconstructwouldbeanadditionaldrain.Heworkedquickly,mechanically,fasteningtheconstructtothebottomoftheOno-Sendaiwithmicroporetape.Maelcum’sworkbeltdriftedpast.Hesnaggedit,unclippedthetwolengthsofshockcord,withtheirgrayrectangularsuctionpads,andhookedthejawsofoneclipthroughtheother.Heheldthepadsagainstthesidesofhisdeckandworkedthethumbleverthatcreatedsuction.Withthedeck,construct,andimprovisedshoulderstrapsuspendedinfrontofhim,hestruggledintohisleatherjacket,checkingthecontentsofhispockets.