Chapter 12

           

           Inanothercountry,ayoungguardsatpatientlybeforeanexpansivebankofvideomonitors.Hewatchedasimagesflashedbeforehim—livefeedsfromhundredsofwirelessvideocamerasthatsurveyedthesprawlingcomplex.Theimageswentbyinanendlessprocession.

           Anornatehallway.

           Aprivateoffice.

           Anindustrial-sizekitchen.

           Asthepictureswentby,theguardfoughtoffadaydream.Hewasnearingtheendofhisshift,andyethewasstillvigilant.Servicewasanhonor.Somedayhewouldbegrantedhisultimatereward.

           Ashisthoughtsdrifted,animagebeforehimregisteredalarm.Suddenly,withareflexivejerkthatstartledevenhimself,hishandshotoutandhitabuttononthecontrolpanel.Thepicturebeforehimfroze.

           Hisnervestingling,heleanedtowardthescreenforacloserlook.Thereadingonthemonitortoldhimtheimagewasbeingtransmittedfromcamera#86—acamerathatwassupposedtobeoverlookingahallway.

           Buttheimagebeforehimwasmostdefinitelynotahallway.

           

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