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Brynhild stared at the colorful display “What’s happening?”

“The instru a nervous breakdown as it tries to deal with the equivalent of a chain reaction”

“What do you mean? Tell me, or I’ll—”

“You’ll kill me? Go ahead I’m the only one who can stop the reaction” She s you never knew about anasaziuerous than iron But its atohly unstable when the material is subjected to certain conditions”

“What kind of conditions?”

“Exactly the combination of te subjected to at this minute Unless I alter the instructions the core will explode”

“You’re bluffing”

“A off the charts Still not convinced?” she said “Think about the mysterious explosion at your Mexican facility The moment you told me about the blast I knew exactly what had caused it Only a few pounds of material destroyed your facility Think of ill happen when hundreds of pounds reach critical mass”

Brynhild turned to the technicians who had gathered around and shouted for someone to stop the reaction The head technician had been watching the insane pattern on the computer screen with fascination He stepped forward, sweat beading on his forehead, and said, “We don’t kno Anything we do ht make it worse”

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Brynhild yanked a uard and pointed it at Gamay

“If you don’t stop this I will kill your friends one by one Her first”

“Noho’s bluffing?” Francesca replied “You plan to kill theether”

Brynhild’s white skin grew iun

“Tell er