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Kurzweil took a moment to take in the grandeur of the desert. The windscreen gave a rich panorama. The mountains swept up to a vertical, levelling off to a table four thousand metres above the valley floor. They rose like — like — well, like ''[[Africa|Olympus above the Serengeti]]''. | Kurzweil took a moment to take in the grandeur of the desert. The windscreen gave a rich panorama. The mountains swept up to a vertical, levelling off to a table four thousand metres above the valley floor. They rose like — like — well, like ''[[Africa|Olympus above the Serengeti]]''. | ||
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 — | 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 — must be a monstrous condor of some kind. 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'' | ''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. | ||
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. | 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. | ||