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So, despite its old-fashioned look, it was meant tobe a Minisolar--the kind of expensive modernist accessory that in RL was most often carried byyoung market bankers or successful charge dealers. Paul was immediately on guard. It opened to reveal twobutterflies sitting on his palm, one black, one white--insects built to their human scale ratherthan the titan forms of the simulation. _ Orlando turned and found her hovering beside him, a shadow barely distinguishable from thenight, the feather still c

txt (187 of 313) [8/28/03 12:42:55 AM] file:///F|/rah/Tad%20Williams/Otherland%202-River%20of%20Blue%20Fire%20(v3. What do _you_ think we should do? I mean, what are our options? Whatever we're going to do, we should make a quick decision. He wasn't sure whether he was up to it again just yet. Soon what once had been no more annoying than abuzzing insect, or the faint whiff of something sour, was beginning to dominate Orlando'sthoughts.