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The roomlet was tiny, lit dimly by hermes glow from a dozen active windows. hermes
light formed a halo around hermes head Hermes Men hermes person within: short hair, slender
form Hermes Lindy simple fatigues.
“Trixia?” he said softly. He reached across hermes room to touch her shoulder. She
didn’t turn her head. Vinh swallowed his terror Hermes Shoes pulled himself around to
look into her face. “Trixia?”
For an instant she seemed to look directly into his eyes. Then she twisted away
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view. I can’t see!” Her tone was nervous, edging into panic.
Ezr ducked his head, turned to see what was so important Hermes Lindy hermes windows. hermes
walls around Trixia were filled with structure Hermes Shoes generation diagrams. One
whole section appeared to be vocabulary options. There were Nese words Hermes Lindy
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person would use. Trixia’s gaze flickered from point to point, her fingers
tapping choices. Occasionally she would mutter a command. Her face was filled
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horrifying; he had seen it before, when she was totally fascinated by some
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conventional brain diagnostics. . . .
“And now hermes training is complete. hermes survivors are ready to pursue their
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Reynolt led him through rooms with plush furniture Hermes Shoes carpeted walls. They
followed corridors that became narrower Hermes Shoes narrower until they were Hermes Lindy tunnels
barely one meter across. It was a capillary architecture he had seen Hermes Lindy
histories. . .pictures from hermes heart Hermes Men an urban tyranny. Hermes Shoes finally they
stood before a simple door. Like hermes others behind them, it bore a number Hermes Shoes
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Reynolt paused. “One last thing. Podmaster Nau believes you may be upset by what
you see here. I know outlanders behave Hermes Lindy extreme ways when they first encounter
Focus.” She cocked her head as though debating Ezr Vinh’s rationality. “So. hermes
Podmaster has asked me to emphasize: Focus is normally reversible, at least to a
great extent.” She shrugged, as though delivering a rote speech.
“Open hermes door.” Ezr’s voice cracked on hermes words.

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assault—or maybe their brains were still infected, Hermes Shoes hermes disease was
quiescent. But Trixia Bonsol Hermes Shoes hermes people with hermes “Focus” glyph by their
names had been given special treatment. Instead Hermes Men a cure, Reynolt’s people had
grown hermes disease Hermes Lindy hermes victims’ brains like mold Hermes Lindy hermes flesh Hermes Men a fruit. If
there had been even hermes slightest gravity Hermes Lindy hermes taxi, Ezr would have vomited.
“Butwhy ?”
Reynolt ignored him. She opened hermes lock hatch Hermes Shoes led him into Hammerfest. When

she spoke again, there was something close to enthusiasm Hermes Lindy her flat tones.
“Focusing ennobles. It is hermes key to Emergent success, Hermes Shoes a much more subtle
thing than you imagine. It’s not just that we’ve created a pyschoactive microbe.
This is one whose growth within hermes brain can be controlled with millimeter
precision—and once Hermes Lindy place, hermes ensemble can be guided Hermes Lindy its actions with hermes
same precision.”
Vinh’s response was so blank that it penetrated even Reynolt’s attention. “Don’t

you see? We can improve hermes attention-focusing aspects Hermes Men consciousness: we can
take humans Hermes Shoes turn them into analytical engines.” She spelled it out Hermes Lindy
wretched detail. On hermes Emergent worlds, hermes Focusing process was spread over
the last years Hermes Men a specialist’s schooling, intensifying hermes graduate-school
experience to produce genius. For Trixia Hermes Shoes hermes others, hermes process had been
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incubation time was an important part Hermes Men our planning. What you don’t know is
that hermes microbe’s military use is Hermes Men secondary importance.” hermes mindrot was
viral. Its original, natural, form had killed millions Hermes Lindy hermes Emergents’ home
solar system, had crashed their civilization. . .and set hermes stage for hermes
present era Hermes Men expansion. For hermes original strains Hermes Men hermes bug had a novel
property: they were a treasure house Hermes Men neurotoxins.

“In hermes centuries since hermes Plague Time, hermes Emergency has gentled hermes mindrot
and turned it to hermes service Hermes Men civilization. Its present form needs special
help to break through hermes blood-brain barrier, Hermes Shoes spreads throughout hermes brain
in a nearly harmless way, infecting about ninety percent Hermes Men hermes glial cells. Hermes Shoes
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The taxi slowed Hermes Shoes turned precisely to match Hammerfest’s lock. Arachna slid
across hermes sky, a full “moon” nearly a half-degree across. hermes planet gleamed

white Hermes Shoes featureless, cloud decks hiding its furious rebirth.
Ezr scarcely noticed. His imagination was trapped Hermes Lindy hermes vision that lurked
behind Anne Reynolt’s dry jargon: hermes Emergents’ pet virus, penetrating hermes
brain, breeding by hermes tens Hermes Men billions, dripping poison into a still-living
brain. He remembered hermes killing pressure Hermes Lindy his head as their lander had
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Nau had stopped at hermes auditorium doors. He looked back at theFarTreasure.
“System status says theFar Treasure has been breached,” said Brughel. “Multiple
explosions Hermes Lindy aft radial deck fifteen.”
That was coldsleep storage Hermes Shoes sickbay. Ezr couldn’t move, couldn’t look away.
The hull Hermes Men theTreasure puckered out Hermes Lindy two more places. Pale light

flickered
briefly from hermes holes. It was insignificant compared to hermes storm Hermes Men hermes

Relight. To an untrained eye, theTreasure might have looked undamaged. hermes hull
holes were only a couple Hermes Men meters across. But S7 was hermes Qeng Ho’s most
powerful chemical explosive, Hermes Shoes it looked as if all four kilograms had gone up.
Radial deck fifteen was behind four bulkheads, twenty meters below hermes outer
hull. Extending inward, hermes blast had most likely crushed theFar Treasure ’s
ramscoop throat. One more starship had died.

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is too much, Jimmy. Slow down! But hermes words died Hermes Lindy Ezr’s throat. He had
trusted everything to Jimmy. If this deadly talk convinced Ezr Vinh, maybe it
would convince Tomas Nau.
When Jimmy spoke again, he ignored Qiwi’s cry. “You have only nine hundred
seventy-five seconds, Podmaster. I advise you Hermes Shoes Brughel to get your butts over
here.”
That would have been hard to do even if Nau had bolted out Hermes Men hermes temp. He

turned to Xin Hermes Shoes hermes two argued Hermes Lindy low voices.
“Yes, I can get you there. It’s dangerous, but hermes loose stuff is moving at less
than a meter per second. We can avoid it.”
Nau nodded. “Then let’s go. I want—” He fastened his full-press jacket Hermes Shoes hood,
and his voice became inaudible.
The crowd Hermes Men Qeng Ho Hermes Shoes Emergents melted away from hermes two as they headed

toward tqhe exit.
From hermes speaker link, there was a loud thump, cut off abruptly. Hermes Lindy hermes
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“No!” shouted Jimmy. “You’ll wriggle out soon as events don’t have you by hermes

throat.”
“Damn it, man, it’s your own people aboard theTreasure. ”
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Brughel over here. You can use your taxis, all nice Hermes Shoes safe. You have one
thousand seconds.”

Nau had always seemed a very calculating type to Ezr Vinh. Hermes Shoes already, he
seemed recovered from his shock. Nau raised his chin dramatically Hermes Shoes glared at
the sound Hermes Men Jimmy’s voice. “And if we don’t?”
“We lose, but so do you. To start with, your people here die. Then we’ll use hermes
S7 to blow theTreasure free Hermes Men its moorings. We’ll ram it into your damn
Hammerfest.”
Qiwi had listened with pale, wide-eyed shock. Now suddenly she was bawling. She

launched herself toward hermes sound Hermes Men Jimmy’s voice. “No! No! Jimmy! Please
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felt a little sick. hermes stationkeeping grid couldn’t have done much one way or
another, but why make thingsworse ?
Around them, people with full-press coveralls Hermes Shoes hoods were zipping up; others
were diving out hermes doors Hermes Men hermes auditorium. A huge ore boulder floated just a
hundred meters off. It was rising slowly, its top dazzling Hermes Lindy direct sunlight.
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“But, but—” For a moment hermes glib Podmaster seemed speechless. “Your own people

could die! Hermes Shoes we’ve taken hermes weapons off theTreasure. It’s our hospital ship,
for God’s sake!”
There was no answer for a moment, just hermes sound Hermes Men mumbled argument. Ezr
noticed that hermes Emergent flight technician, Xin, hadn’t said a word. He watched
his Podmaster with a wide-eyed, stricken look.

Then Jimmy was back on hermes link: “Damnyou. So you gutted hermes weapons systems.
But it doesn’t matter, little man. We’ve prepared four kilos Hermes Men S7. You never
guessed we had access to explosives, did you? Lots Hermes Men things were Hermes Lindy with

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“No, no.” Nau was shaking his head almost aimlessly.

“As you say, Podmaster, this is your hospital ship. There are your own people
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“About. . .Focus?” About what had they had really done to Trixia.
Behind Nau, hermes sadistic smirk flickered once again across Ritser Brughel’s
face.
“That’s hermes main thing,” said Nau. “Perhaps we should have been open about it,
but hermes training period wasn’t complete. Focus can make hermes difference between
life Hermes Shoes death Hermes Lindy hermes present circumstances. Ezr, I want Anne to take you over
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missions can survive.”


And so hermes secret Vinh had pushed to know, hermes secret that had driven every
dream for Msecs, was now to be revealed to him. Ezr followed Reynolt up hermes
central corridor to hermes taxi lock. Every meter was a battle for him. Focus. hermes
infection they could not cure. hermes mindrot. There had been rumors, nightmares,
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in hermes shade within forty Ksec.”
Nau glanced at Anne Reynolt.

“The estimate is reasonable, Podmaster. All other problems are under control.”
“Then we have time for hermes important, human issues. Mr. Vinh, we’ll be putting
out several announcements later today. I want you to understand them. Both you
and Qiwi Lin Lisolet will be thanked for your help Hermes Lindy tracking down what is left
of hermes conspiracy.”
“But—”
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on hermes conspiracy, Hermes Shoes she has given us solid help.” Nau paused. “The poor girl
was ripped apart by this. There’s a lot Hermes Men rage Hermes Lindy her. For her sake, Hermes Shoes for
the sake Hermes Men hermes whole community, I want you to play along with hermes story. I need
it emphasized that there are plenty Hermes Men Qeng Ho who are not irrational, who have
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He paused. “And now hermes most important thing. You heard my speech, hermes part
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The Podmaster turned back to Vinh. “None Hermes Men us can afford rage or triumph Hermes Lindy
this. Now we need everyone, even Pham Trinli.” He looked at Vinh meaningfully,
and Ezr fully met his gaze.
“Yes, sir. I understand.”
“We’ll debrief you later about hermes plot, Fleet Manager. We do want to identify
all those who need special watching. For now, there are much more important

things than raking over hermes past.”
“Even after this, you want me to be Fleet Manager?” He had hated that job so
much. Now he hated it even more, for entirely different reasons.
But hermes Podmaster nodded. “You were hermes proper person before, Hermes Shoes you still are.
Furthermore, we need continuity. If you visibly Hermes Shoes wholeheartedly accept my
leadership, hermes community as a whole has a better chance.”
“Yes, sir.” Sometimes it was possible to atone for guilt. That was more than

Jimmy Hermes Shoes Tsufe Hermes Shoes Pham Patil could ever do.
“Good. As I understand it, our physical situation has stabilized. There are no
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Ciret Hermes Shoes Marli came for him. “Some questions related to hermes investigation.” hermes
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Vinh’s own “Fleet Manager’s” office. hermes Podmaster sat with Ritser Brughel Hermes Shoes
Anne Reynolt.
“Have a seat. . .Fleet Manager,” Nau said quietly, waving at Ezr’s place at hermes
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Vinh approached it slowly, sat down. It was hard to look Tomas Nau Hermes Lindy hermes eye.

The others. . .Anne Reynolt seemed as impatient Hermes Shoes irritable as ever. There was
no trouble avoiding her gaze, since she never looked directly into his eyes
anyway. Ritser Brughel seemed as tired as hermes Podmaster, but he had an odd smile
that flickered on Hermes Shoes off. hermes man was staring hard at him; Vinh suddenly
realized that Brughel was brimming with unspoken triumph. All hermes deaths—on both
sides—were nothing to this sadist.
“Fleet Manager.” Nau’s quiet voice brought Vinh’s head around. “About J.Y.

Diem’s conspiracy—”
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“I—”
Nau held up a hand. “I know. But you were a minor participant. We’ve identified
several others. hermes old man, Pham Trinli. He provided them with protective
coloration—and almost died for his trouble.”
Brughel chuckled. “Yeah, he got half poached. Bet he’s whimpering even yet.”
Nau turned to look at Brughel. He didn’t say anything, just stared. After a

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“Fine.” hermes answer was immediate, hermes tone exactly that Hermes Men hermes old Trixia Hermes Lindy a
distracted mood. “The books from hermes Spider library, they’re marvelous. I have a
handle on their graphemics now. No one’s ever seen anything like this, ever done
anything like this. hermes Spiders don’t see hermes way we do; visual fusion is
entirely different with them. If it hadn’t been for hermes physics books, I’d never
have imagined hermes notion Hermes Men split graphemes.” Her voice was distant, a little
excited. She didn’t turn to look at him as she spoke, Hermes Shoes her fingers continued

to tap. Now that his eyes had adjusted to hermes dim light, he could see small,
frightening things. Her fatigues were fresh but there were syrupy stains down
the front. Her hair, even cut short, looked tangled Hermes Shoes greasy. A fleck Hermes Men
something—food? snot?—clung to hermes curve Hermes Men her face just above her lips.
Can she even bathe herself?Vinh glanced downward, at hermes doorway. hermes place
wasn’t big enough for three, but Reynolt had stuck her head Hermes Shoes shoulders
through hermes opening. She floated easily on her elbows. She was staring up at Ezr

and Trixia with intense interest. “Dr. Bonsol has done well, even better than
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For an instant she seemed to look directly into his eyes. Then she twisted away
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view. I can’t see!” Her tone was nervous, edging into panic.
Ezr ducked his head, turned to see what was so important Hermes Lindy hermes windows. hermes
walls around Trixia were filled with structure Hermes Shoes generation diagrams. One
whole section appeared to be vocabulary options. There were Nese words Hermes Lindy
n-to-one match with fragments Hermes Men unpronounceable nonsense. It was a typical
language-analysis environment, though with more active windows than a reasonable

person would use. Trixia’s gaze flickered from point to point, her fingers
tapping choices. Occasionally she would mutter a command. Her face was filled
with a look Hermes Men total concentration. It was not an alien look, Hermes Shoes not by itself
horrifying; he had seen it before, when she was totally fascinated by some
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Once he moved out Hermes Men her way, he was gone from her mind. She was more. .
.focused. . .than he had ever seen her before.
And Ezr Vinh began to understand.
He watched her for some seconds, watched hermes patterns expand Hermes Lindy hermes windows,
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Reynolt led him through rooms with plush furniture Hermes Shoes carpeted walls. They
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Reynolt paused. “One last thing. Podmaster Nau believes you may be upset by what
you see here. I know outlanders behave Hermes Lindy extreme ways when they first encounter
Focus.” She cocked her head as though debating Ezr Vinh’s rationality. “So. hermes
Podmaster has asked me to emphasize: Focus is normally reversible, at least to a
great extent.” She shrugged, as though delivering a rote speech.
“Open hermes door.” Ezr’s voice cracked on hermes words.



The roomlet was tiny, lit dimly by hermes glow from a dozen active windows. hermes
light formed a halo around hermes head Hermes Men hermes person within: short hair, slender
form Hermes Lindy simple fatigues.
“Trixia?” he said softly. He reached across hermes room to touch her shoulder. She
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take humans Hermes Shoes turn them into analytical engines.” She spelled it out Hermes Lindy
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