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“Is this a game?” he asked, puzzled. “It seems quite dangerous. I think you could have hurt Runa.”
The robot stopped. Its red eye scanned Adam as if surprised.
“Come on!” shouted Runa. She jumped into the hatch, and the huge robot lumbered towards her, but too slowly – she disappeared down after Linden. At the last moment, she reached back, grabbed Adam, and hoisted him down with her.
They tumbled down a chute. Behind them, the robot’s head appeared at the hatchway, its red eye glaring, far too large to follow them. Runa was screaming. Was she hurt? Where was this chute going? It was very fast. It was very fast!
“What is happening?” he had time to shout, before the chute suddenly levelled off and they were hurtling towards a green wall and Runa put her hands over her eyes and Adam braced for impact and they crashed into it—
—and stopped.
Adam looked around. The wall was covered in a soft material that had slowed their descent. It was foam, he thought, although over time it had hardened into half- solid blocks that had disintegrated into dust when they
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