Видоизмененный углерод

Chapter 9

           

           Awaywardspeckoftrafficmovedintheskyaboveme.

           Ispottedthefleeingfigureontheothersideofthestreetandkickedofffromthekerb,cursingtheimpulsethathadmademeturndownBancroft’sofferofarmaments.AtthisrangeabeamweaponwouldhavecarvedtheMongol’slegsoutfromunderhimeasily.Instead,Ituckedinbehindhimandtriedtofindthelungcapacityfromsomewheretocloseupthegapagain.MaybeIcouldpanichimintotripping.

           Thatwasn’twhathappened,butitwascloseenough.Thebuildingstoourleftgavewaytowastegroundborderedbyasaggingfence.TheMongollookedbackagainandmadehisfirstmistake.Hestopped,threwhimselfonthefence,whichpromptlycollapsed,andscrambledoverintothedarknessbeyond.Igrinnedandfollowed.Finally,Ihadtheadvantage.

           Perhapshewashopingtolosehimselfinthedarkness,orexpectingmetotwistanankleovertheunevenground.ButtheEnvoyconditioningsqueezedmypupilsintoinstantdilationinthelow-lightsurroundingsandmappedmystepsovertheunevensurfacewithlightningspeed,andtheneurachemputmyfeettherewitharapiditytomatch.ThegroundghostedbybeneathmethewayithadbeneathJimmydeSotoinmydream.GivenahundredmetresofthisIwasgoingtoovertakemyMongolfriend,unlesshetoohadaugmentedvision.

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