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“The shock wave hit Dakar just under an hour ago, and authorities are still taking stock of the dae My experience is that the city is devastated We have reports that many, many of the local structures have not survived the initial shock The power grid has also collapsed The hospitals and eency medical centers are overwhel evacuated as I speak, and there are fears that the north tower may have become unstable The sky… the sky here —”

Ahed, and stood up The waiting room was empty apart fro into the crook of her elbow It wasn’t what you’d call a big place The s looked out on an uninspiring two hundred meters of North Carolina, bare froate Ts ofblocked the path to a two-story concrete wall Sniper nests stood at each corner, the automatic defense and control weapons stiller than tree trunks The building was low – a single story peeking up out of the ground with administrative offices and a massive service entrance Most of what happened here happened underground It was exactly the kind of place Amos had never hoped to be

Good thing hen he was done, he could leave aga

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“In other news, a distress call fro the Martian priroup of unidentified ships —”

Behind hi open The man inside looked like he was one hundred kilos of sculpted muscle and also tremendously bored “Clarke!”

“Here!” the coughing old wo to her feet “I’m Clarke!”

“This way, ma’am”

A at the prison yard The newsfeed kept on being excited about shitty things going on He’d have paid more attention to it if the back of his head hadn’t been planning the ways he’d have pushed to get out of here if they’d sent hiht, though, it sounded like a good day for reporters

“Burton!”

He walked over slowly The big guy checked his hand terminal

“You Burton?”

“Today I am”

“This way, sir”

He led him to a small room with more chairs bolted to the floor and a table too The table was solidly made, anyway