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Chapter 5
Beyondthearmyblanket,theFinnwaitedatthewhitetable.
Mollybegantosignrapidly,producedascrapofpaper,wrotesomethingonit,andpassedittotheFinn.Hetookitbetweenthumbandforefinger,holdingitawayfromhisbodyasthoughitmightexplode.HemadeasignCasedidn’tknow,onethatconveyedamixtureofimpatienceandglumresignation.Hestoodup,brushingcrumbsfromthefrontofhisbatteredtweedjacket.AglassjarofpickledherringstoodonthetablebesideatornplasticpackageofflatbreadandatinashtraypiledwiththebuttsofPartagas.
`Wait,’theFinnsaid,andlefttheroom.
Mollytookhisplace,extrudedthebladefromherindexfinger,andspearedagrayishslabofherring.Casewanderedaimlesslyaroundtheroom,fingeringthescanninggearonthepylonsashepassed.
TenminutesandtheFinncamebustlingback,showinghisteethinawideyellowsmile.Henodded,gaveMollyathumbsupsalute,andgesturedtoCasetohelphimwiththedoorpanel.WhileCasesmoothedthevelcroborderintoplace,theFinntookaflatlittleconsolefromhispocketandpunchedoutanelaboratesequence.
`Honey,’hesaidtoMolly,tuckingtheconsoleaway,`youhavegotit.Noshit,Icansmellit.Youwannatellmewhereyougotit?’
`Yonderboy,’Mollysaid,shovingtheherringandcrackersaside.`IdidadealwithLarry,ontheside.’
`Smart,’theFinnsaid.`It’sanAI.