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"...Thanks."

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He looks up. He blinks confusedly. "Lorica."

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"Figured. Bot'll have told her if she had a second. You okay to wait here while I go back?"

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"I don't know. I don't know how long I was there."

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"When'd you first hear her?"

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"Way before she got in close - it was a bit past nine I think -"

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"Bot says you're squeaked under the limit."

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"Then you should go - thanks -"

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"'Course."

And he disappears.

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And he curls up and shivers and wonders how they set the time limit, how sure they are...

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A Rete bot finds him an hour later.

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It settles near him. "Hi. Are you doing okay?"

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"I think so? How's Baltimore."

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"I don't know, I'm operated by the clean version back in Brockton Bay. Transit was pushing the limit and came back and mentioned where you were."

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And Lorica doesn't have a limit. Lucky Lorica.

 

They'll probably wall Baltimore off and shoot anyone who leaves. He feels sick in a new way distinct from the three or four ways he's already feeling sick.

 

He closes his eyes. He really doesn't feel like singing. 

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"Do you need anything?"

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"No. Thank you."

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"If you don't mind I will stay here so Lorica can find you afterwards."

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"Lorica is home safe. The fight is over. She needs food and ideally a nap but if you would like to be brought to Brockton Bay now I can send you a larger chassis."

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"It can wait. What're the casualties like -"

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"Approximately the southern half of the area enclosed by the Beltway has been written off."

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Nod. Wince. 

 

He feels like music that isn't singing but doesn't know how to make any. 

 

Oh, right. The Internet exists.

 

"Rete can you play, like, piano pieces."

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Rete picks out some Beethoven.

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