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“That juht on himself as he could

Nagano winced and then forced a s was quite painful”

“A couple of sake boood as new,” Joe said

Nagano laughed, but he needed a rest Kurt went ahead to scout out the building, so they sat down and waited for him to return

After a few n of our robot friends”

“Thankfully, they don’t have wings,” Joe said

Kurt nodded and broke out the NUMA transceiver “Ti for it to sync up When a green light told him it was ready, he pressed the transmit button “Akiko, are you out there?”

Several seconds went by without a response

“Let’s hope she hasn’t tossed the transceiver overboard because it’s a piece of y,” Joe said

“Akiko, this is Kurt Do you read me? Press the transmit button on the side of the receiver if you do”

Static, and then: “I kno to use a radio, thank you”

“Glad you’re still with us,” Kurt said “Have you had any problems?”

“Aside froht, no”

“Wish we could say the saano Bad nee’re being hounded We’re going to et the boat in position?”

“Yes,” she said “Absolutely”