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A young man stares at the advertisement, dry-mouthed. Between his legs he can feel the stirring of a novel infatuation.

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Evasive manoeuvres!

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Rasalhague, the snake charmer -- star of control and command. Associated with doctors, bodyguards and goalkeepers.

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She always closes her eyes at this part.

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Ruins paved with red and white chequerboard. Frilled curtains, velvet sofa. A folly.

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You clocked that old fool good! Probably still down, writhing hard.

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Disable the auto-injector.

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Maybe it's already happened.

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Sealed within the penthouse suite of a central hotel in Cicatriz Frontera, a girl looks up from her keyboard, caught unawares by a ripple of strange sadness.

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YO-YO. Should've been YO-YO.

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You have become Pseudo-PSEUDOPOD.

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You don't mind.

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It is singing the song of Ramses' own death.

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"This is for the Crew."

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He falls like he's praying.

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He falls like he's praying.

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Blue heat, shaking in the boundless dark. The edges turn purple, widen. A moment of shivering anticipation before the soundless boom. Another dead star.

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For a place you'll never know.

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A loose bolt whines on the hull of a submarine, L-45 Class. Bioluminescent monsters swarm toward the sound, a flashing stream of wet greed.

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Hack your eardrums.

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At your fingertips, more than a dozen. A collector of false lives, burned onto false mirrors of polycarbonate. What are you saving them for?

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He did, in fact. A tell.

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He considers his world, reduced to the unblinking black eyes of the cameras and various monitors -- strange mirrors in which he's constantly reflected back at himself.

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And on the other side of those black eyes, thousands more watch through their television screens -- silent, stunned.

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Is this outcome what he's been angling for all along?

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Dread, realising itself as vomit rising up the back of your throat.

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The violence of the wave, the crushing weight of the abyss. The cards see your strength.

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Melita's voice in your ear. Tired, comforted.

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Melita's voice in your ear, distant, irritated.

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SINGED IN THE GLORIOUS FLAME OF REVOLUTION.

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Block out these vicious theatrics. Don't give him the fear he wants.

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OVERTURNED LIKE THE OLD ORDER.

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Pity, sorrow. He regrets this on your behalf.

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No reaction. Your face gives nothing away.

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One can only betray friends, the traitor has many.

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Physical literacy, the divines know how well you read the world.

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The young watcher averts his eyes but his posture betrays his attention. He knows there's something up with the mysterious party of foreigners, and he's trying to work out what.

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Metal fingers grasping for ancient, decaying radio waves.

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The marks along these 'seats' are anchor points -- four per seat. You know what that implies.

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Animals. Trapped. Cage.

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Orbital position, ascension, range. All in relation to stellar targets.

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A flicker of river-green, bright and unguarded, before the glasses slide back down.

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End of the line, coming up fast! Soon you'll be drooling, just like PSEUDOPOD.

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He misses her dearly.

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Currently a balmy 14 degrees, under threat from a cold air mass moving across the Noscorrentes Sea.

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Lighter, then darker, then lighter again -- an ever-changing violet shade.

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Your pineal gland. Telling you to wake up.