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They leaned closer as she kept talking

The Falcons’ stadiulass and shiny metal It looked like some mother spaceship from a sci-fi movie, ready to blast off for the stars Since it was the offseason, the parking lot was an empty sea of asphalt, surrounded by multilevel structures erected to hold evenfor every person on the planet to coame

He and his friends ran across the wide lot, the surface under their feet beginning to heat up fro sun "In Lifeblood Deep, there was a space toward the front--a private parking spot that opened up like a trapdoor Thatabout" He hoped they could find the right one

Sarah already had her NetScreen lit up It was hard to see in the sunlight, but visible enough Gabby had said that once they got within the range of the thousands of signals that floated around the stadium, they’d be able to find the crack they needed to dive into They’d gone over everything in the coffee shop as best they could

"Man," Sarah said "This place is swarnals look like cheap old radio stations There’saround here than I’ve ever seen before Even deep in the Sleep itself"

Bryson clicked his tongue "Well, there you go We et linked up with you"

The two of the Michael feel a little left out He knehat they were doing He’d noticed it on several occasions They orried about hie, especially after the strange encounters during the last day or so He couldn’t blahtly with him It was almost as if he were a newborn

They stopped at the last--or first--row of parking spaces, closest to the hulking stadium itself Michael looked around, took it all in The structure loomed above them like a mountain of metal

"This is where she said it’d be," he said "Northeast corner"

Sarah sat on the curb, her eyes never leaving the faint glow of her NetScreen, and Bryson sat right next to her Gabby had given thes she’d learned on her frequent visits to see her dad As his friends worked those leads, Michael stood in front of the I can do?" he asked "Last I res like this"

Neither Bryson nor Sarah acted like they’d heard a word he said He forced a laugh, but that didn’t work, either Giving up, he clicked on his own NetScreen and started dinking around to see if he could find soht have missed