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High up on the ''gipfel'' the setting sun picked out a halo of the eagles circling the summit. Suddenly, one wing-morphed and dropped. Kurzweil double-took: That is one ''absolute unit'' of a hunting bird — some monstrous condor. At this remove, the majestic predator seemed to drift so serenely down from the crest, but Kurzweil knew it was dropping like a bullet towards some hapless creature on the valley floor. | High up on the ''gipfel'' the setting sun picked out a halo of the eagles circling the summit. Suddenly, one wing-morphed and dropped. Kurzweil double-took: That is one ''absolute unit'' of a hunting bird — some monstrous condor. At this remove, the majestic predator seemed to drift so serenely down from the crest, but Kurzweil knew it was dropping like a bullet towards some hapless creature on the valley floor. | ||
''Wonder who''. “Poor bastard,” Kurzweil murmured, slipping into Kevlar | ''Wonder who''. “Poor bastard,” Kurzweil murmured, slipping into a Kevlar responsibility diffusion sheaf in preparation for his own upcoming fire-fight. He wondered whereabouts on the plain the unfortunate animal was. | ||
Kurzweil checked the HUD: the RAG system still flat-lined. | It occurred that anything bigger than a rabbit should should show up on the dash. Kurzweil checked the HUD: the RAG system still flat-lined. | ||
He checked the LIDAR feed. ''Zilch''. | He checked the LIDAR feed. ''Zilch''. |