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had hit. The dust hung in the air around them and Runa coughed.
“Woooo!” she shouted. She was grinning, still lying on her back. “That was fun!”
“Yes?” said Adam. He made a note: this, apparently, was fun.
“What’s that doing here?” demanded a voice.
He looked up to see the unfriendly one, Linden,
pointing hir EMP stick at him. “Did you follow us?” “No—”
“I brought it,” said Runa. She stood up and dusted herself off.
“I told you to leave it—” started Linden.
“If we’d left it, the Funks would’ve got it,” said Runa. “And they’d find out that EMP doesn’t kill it, and they’d integrate its technology into theirs. I had no choice. And neither do you – we all know your stick is empty.” She sneezed. “Besides, it just saved our lives, powering the hatch. And it caught a lump of concrete aimed at my head.”
“You are mistaken,” said Adam, frowning. “A robot would not try to harm a human. This must be a misunderstanding—”
“Shut up,” snapped Linden.
Adam stopped. Everything was so confusing. Why
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