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Chapter
II Short Circuit
I won't give in.

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III Critical Mass

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"Sure." But she knows it won't change anything.
"You know how there's this strip in your brain that controls movement?"
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Part IV
Dryback 114

Chapter
I Jumpstart
He dreamed of water.

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Chapter
II Muckraker

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Chapter
III Scream
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"You d— where are you going? You just came in! Judy..."
Clank. Hiss.
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It takes a moment to register: Acton.
"But— that was months ago," Scanlon says. "You losthim."
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Chapter
IV Bulrushes
At times like this it seems as if the world has always been black.

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Chapter
V Ghosts
It's hideous.

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Part V
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Chapter
I Entropy
Maybe things are getting out of hand, Lenie Clarke wonders.

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II Carousel

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"I don't know. Who else is out here?"
"Mike. Lenie." Lubin's voice, faintly, from somewhere ahead.
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IV Alibis
Dead air from the speaker. "Did you copy that?" Brander says after ve seconds have passed.

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A soft voice through hard metal: "Come..."
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Part VI
Quarantine 175

Chapter
I Bubble

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Chapter
II Enema
He only spoke to it at night, of course.

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Chapter
I Theme and Variation

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Chapter
II Ground Zero
Nobody speaks for a long time. "That's insane," Lenie Clarke says at last.
Lubin shrugs.
"So you're saying it's some kind of a bomb?"
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"I don't know," Lubin says. "Perhaps we could ask them."
Figures, Clarke muses. I justnever get a break.
Brander sinks back into his chair. "What are you smiling at?"
Clarke shakes her head. "Nothing."
"We must dosomething," Nakata says,
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Chapter
III Software
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Chapter
IV Racter

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Part VIII
End Game 210

Chapter
I Night Shift

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"Mike," she calls down after him.
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III Reptile
It has forgotten what it was.

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Chapter
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Chapter
V Floodlight
It's almost silent again.

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Chapter
VI Sunrise

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Chapter
VII Jericho

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Chapter
VIII Detritus

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Joel says nothing.
"They couldhave made it," Lenie insists, hating him for his silence.
"Lenie, at that range—I don't think so."
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