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“What do you want?”

“I want you to be free,” Shade said “Get away frouards will recover So, run! Get ahile you can”

Many waited no longer but ran Aan to ht arm as chitinous armor covered him

Knightmare!

Well, it was not the tier fish to fry She wasn’t here to settle scores, she was here to expose the Ranch and liberate its victims

Hero stuff, she couldn’t help but think Hero stuff Finally

“Everyone out!” Shade yelled “They’re recovering, and they’ll be on us quick!”

“With all due respect, ruff voice said It came from a sort of tank creature with an articulated robot ar weapons array that included elih a visor slit The placely clear that there was no body attached to it

“No?” Shade demanded “Why not? And who are you?”

“I’eant Matthew Tolliver, United States Marine Corps”

“Okay, Sergeant, what is it you want to do?”

“Miss, I first want to thank you Second? Well, oddamn brick, computer by computer, man by man That’s what I would like to do”

This wasfrom the timidly reluctant to the fierce On the fierce end of the spectrum was the porcupine creature, a body so poorly conceived, so misshapen that he bled from half a dozen punctures he himself had inadvertently ed out a bit like a ther for a role as the Joker His teeth, tiny and sharp as needles, ue bled when heneedles stuck out from his forehead

“I’ down his chin “I speak for no one But before I run, I’ some of these bastards!”

Soe,” and Shade had a sudden, sickening realization that she had done more than free these poor people and expose the Ranch to the world: she had doomed the Ranch’s staff