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Maybe he shouldover with Hey, I’et it!

Such a stupid, arbitrary place to die He’d never thought he’d die in bed; it wasn’t that sort of world, and he wasn’t that sort of person But so up was out of the question But the top of the stove lay within his reach Vertigo sloshed through his brain as he rocked onto his knees; straining forward, he grabbed hold of the skillet He spat on the underside and wiped the ue and undetailed, eneral outline of a human face than any particular person, but it hat he had

The sounds were cohts brought theh in the western sky a paler region, weak but discernible, showed the sun’s location

They had to get higher They had to get above the cloud

A like the neck of a pecking bird A long, hooked cable swayed from its tip A stairway inside the crane’s an to cli hied the rest of the way to the top The swaying was getting worse The whole thing felt unstable, as if at anyThey were still inside the cloud The skyline of e, the destruction continuing to extend outward fro toppled Broad gaps existed where whole blocks had once stood

"Hello up there!"

Fanning was halfway up thea bar with one hand, he leaned out and waved to them with merry confidence "Not to worry, I’ll be there soon!"

A narroalk led to the end of the boo The boo up and down She kept her eyes ailimpse would paralyze her

They reached the end; there was no place else to go

"Godda had reached the top of thefifty feet behind theaze travel over the ruined city

"You’ve reallyas a New Yorker, I have to say, this brings back some very unpleasant memories"

A sudden warmth touched Alass facade of the building on the far side shone with a faint orange color Whichfaced east, away froht, she realized, was a reflection