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"Inside," Rikki said, grabbing the girl's arm. "Now."

Rikki knew that sound. Arlo Vex had stopped using human goons. He used shredders —autonomous drone swarms that dissolved flesh and left bone. rikki six tory lane

Rikki’s trigger finger twitched. "Wrong exit, princess. Tourist season ended with the last acid rain." "Inside," Rikki said, grabbing the girl's arm

It was a girl. No older than Rikki had been at twelve. She wore a tattered school uniform from an orbital habitat—clean, synthetic fabric that hadn't yet learned the grime of the Sprawl. Her face was pale, streaked with tears and something darker. Blood. Not hers. He used shredders —autonomous drone swarms that dissolved

"Lucky for you," Rikki said, tapping her carbon-fiber arm, "I'm only half here."

The girl—no, the woman now—picked up the slate. She didn't cry. She clutched it to her chest, the heat from the crater warming her back. She walked east, toward the subway, toward a train that would take her anywhere but here.