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  • Time, not Lost, but Used Elsewhere

    “You don’t remember the person. Not entirely. The times they were not there. The times they spited you. The times they were irredeemable. Or you’d grow to hate them. To hate their memory. As much of a pastiche as the one you love. “It. It’s better not to pretend you remember them whole cloth. That… Continue reading

  • 11: Limit Testing (2/3)

    Also at https://archiveofourown.org/works/47065192/chapters/121100356 Sombra squatted over Mei. “What are dolls like in China? Do you load up your little niños on the same pink plastic things you sell to foreigners?” Sombra started to straighten Mei out, pulling her crumpled mess into order, back on the floor. “Little fragile things – so easy to break, parents… Continue reading

  • 10: Limit Testing (1/3)

    Also at https://archiveofourown.org/works/47065192/chapters/119711608 It wasn’t hard to get out of the Orca. It’s model was considered vintage – Sombra could play it’s systems far more easily than a fiddle. It didn’t hold much worth examinging, one she’d gotten some food and water in her stomach – some. Not too much. The base outside had more… Continue reading

  • Perpare to Abandon

    Also at https://archiveofourown.org/works/47252971 Jane surveyed the scene. By all appearances, a murder/suicide. Good god, did she want to hurl. No, that could – would -wait. The apparent murder, Dirk, was obviously holding his sword in a way it wasn’t meant to be held, underhand. His grip had lost it’s strength in death, but was still… Continue reading

  • 9: The Lonely Road (2/2)

    Also at https://archiveofourown.org/works/47065192/chapters/119454607 The old tunnel that would have been the bypass to Route 66 was sealed tight – the doors that would have been closed for traffic management after rock slides still quite intact. It was obvious, though, that hey been opened recently. Jack led them to one of the old mine entrances that… Continue reading

  • 8: The Lonely Road (1/2)

    Also at https://archiveofourown.org/works/47065192/chapters/119299327 Deadlock gorge was to be a old Stacian tourist trap – an ancient cut through the earth next to a newer, but still ancient cut through the earth. Now it was most frequently seen as a glance out of a train window. Along with a road, it was wide enough to house… Continue reading

  • 7: This is not me doing the same thing over again

    Also at https://archiveofourown.org/works/47065192/chapters/118749589 In my life, I have been accused of pushing science too far. It is a very human accusation. The difference between Talon, and organizations preceding it – those lost to history, and a few hated by it – is that Talon does not assume what perfection is. This is not some hallmark… Continue reading

  • 6: Subtotal

    Also at https://archiveofourown.org/works/47065192/chapters/118697182 “It pains me that you don’t see yourself a part of Talon.” The safehouse, as it stood, was on land that once would have been identified as the Nile floodplain a century previous. That was as distinctly as any Talon documents identified it – it had taken Sombra less time to identify… Continue reading

  • 5: Third Party Involvement

    Also at https://archiveofourown.org/works/47065192/chapters/118696552 “Thank you for your promptness,” Winston’s dispatch room (and bachelor pad) wasn’t one of the many apartments on Gibraltar base. Angela had never been to it in the old days, so she could only speculate at it’s function. It did, at least, give the gorilla enough room to swing his arms and… Continue reading

  • 4: Where one loses control

    Also at https://archiveofourown.org/works/47065192/chapters/118696510 “No breaks!” Angela looped back. Jogging in place as she admonished Mei, “I thought you walked Antartica.” “Walked. Is the. Word.” Mei took a deep breath and resumed her run. The two had circled Gibraltar base completely. Mercy took a moment to breathe, but Mei was ready to call it a day.… Continue reading