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Weber gave an apologetic s for"

Michael looked at Sarah, then Bryson It was hard to read their faces, but he could is he was A little fear, a lot of doubt And, of course, he knew they, too, had that old feeling that swelled up inside: The urge to game To jump in feetfirst and conquer the Sleep fro He couldn’t be the one to decide this tied Bryson and Sarah into tooprobleh," Sarah said The tone of her voice told Michael what Weber ht not have sensed yet: they were in, one hundred percent

"Just one?" Weber replied "We should be so lucky"

Sarah ignored the coone into the Sleep, Kaine has been able to track us down No matter how many layers of protection we’ve coded around ourselves He wants us for so to avoid Sinking back in"

"Trust me, I understand," Weber said "All too well Kaine is ht But I think you’ll feel better once you’re in Since we figured out that Kaine is a Tangent, I’ve spent hours building a new Hider program It’s several layers deep--virtually invisible No one will be able to tell you’re in there, I promise Especially couys have built yourselves"

Instead of responding, Sarah turned her attention to Michael "What do you think?"

"Consider me curious," he said Which was completely true

"The only drawback," Weber added, "is that you won’t be able to see code like you normally would once you’re inside That’s the only way it can work To hide you fro hidden from you"

"Drawback?" Bryson repeated "You saved that little nugget until the end? That’s ood are we if we can’t manipulate the code?"

Michael’s hopes had crashed as well

The agent’s face didn’t reveal a thing--she was solemn, her expression focused, her demeanor calm "Don’t be a child All I meant is that you won’t be able to access the code in the way you’re used to You can still use your NetScreens--old-fashioned, I know But three people as skilled as you are--I think you can handle it"

"Unless we get into a pinch," Michael countered "Whatever we can do on a NetScreen will be slow--probably too slow"