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The way he said that ata’s skin crawl Murdoch carried his powerful body like a dancer He lifted his chin and she saw a scar beneath his jaw that she had not noticed before It led with creases as he lowered his chin There was no telling his age Given the possibility that he e either

Have to look into his Leas having done her

She glanced around the rooht She saw the usual holo, com-console, sensors, but the place offended her directly, she was one who appreciated beauty Not decoration, but beauty The two huge flowers flanking the hatchwa she’d noticed theues and their petals convoluted into one another like a line of ht, they set on with it," she said

"First, a for a sensorscribe from a panel beside the lock It appeared to be the standard identification reader of her shipside experience She placed her hand on the flat plate to allow it to read her

Stupid forling sensation shot up her arm fro to her What did he say?

"I’m sorr what?"

She felt weak and disoriented So

She saw that the hatch was open and she had noit What had he done to her?

Murdoch’s hand was on her shoulder propelling her into the lock As she passed through the hatchway she i from the heart of one of the flowers: Feed me, feed me

She heard the hatch seal behind her and realized that she was alone and the inner door inging ope slowl ponderous What was all the red light? And those dim shapeshatch

So strange that Murdoch had not accolow beyond the inner hatch Oh, yes - the new E-clones Sonized froned to match the synapse-quick de for speed, soate

What was it she wanted to watch for?

A voice whispered in her ear: "I ah"

How did I get inside here?

So with her time sense She sed hard and felt the thickness of her dry tongue rasp against the roof of hertheir uniforms at the door"

Did somebody say that or did I think it?

Oakes had said, "Anything goes on Pandora Our every fancy is possible there"

That’s why I asked Murdoc where is Murdoch? The gargoyle clones were all around her now and she tried to focus on therabbed her left aro of runts of surprise Peculiar things were happening to her sense of time and the awareness of her own flesh Blood welled up on her arot there And her body - it was naked Her muscles corded reflexively and she crouched in defense

What is happening to h hands She responded in a slow-motion flex of power And she distinctly heard so How odd that no one responded to those screams!