Prologue

           TwohoursbeforedawnIsatinthepeelingkitchenandsmokedoneofSarah’scigarettes,listeningtothemaelstromandwaiting.Millsporthadlongsinceputitselftobed,butoutintheReachcurrentswerestillsnaggingontheshoals,andthesoundcameashoretoprowltheemptystreets.Therewasafinemistdriftinginfromthewhirlpool,fallingonthecitylikesheetsofmuslinandfoggingthekitchenwindows.

           Chemicallyalert,Iinventoriedthehardwareonthescarredwoodentableforthefiftiethtimethatnight.Sarah’sHeckler&Kochshardpistolglinteddullyatmeinthelowlight,thebuttgapingopenforitsclip.Itwasanassassin’sweapon,compactandutterlysilent.Themagazineslaynexttoit.Shehadwrappedinsulatingtapearoundeachonetodistinguishtheammunition;greenforsleep,blackforthespidervenomload.Mostoftheclipswereblack-wrapped.SarahhadusedupalotofgreenonthesecurityguardsatGeminiBiosysthepreviousnight.

           Myowncontributionswerelesssubtle.ThebigsilverSmith&Wesson,andthefourremaininghallucinogengrenades.Thethincrimsonlinearoundeachcanisterseemedtosparkleslightly,asifitwereabouttodetachitselffromthemetalcasingandfloatuptojointhecurlicuesofsmokeribboningoffmycigarette.Shiftandslideofalteredsignificants,thesideeffectofthetetramethI’dscoredthatafternoondownatthewharf.Idon’tusuallysmokewhenI’mstraight,butforsomereasonthetetalwaystriggerstheurge.

           AgainstthedistantroarofthemaelstromIheardit.

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