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The three watchers stood on an arête, 4,000 metres above the plain, the tallest shrouded in a billowing canopy. The outriders either side of him straddled idling dirt bikes. | The three watchers stood on an arête, 4,000 metres above the plain, the tallest shrouded in a billowing canopy. The outriders either side of him straddled idling dirt bikes. | ||
They took it all in. They scanned the Settlement. | They took it all in. They scanned the Settlement. A curlicue of smoke twisted from the central [[boilerplate]] processing complex. The seven gaunt [[Infinite bafflement|baffle]]-towers that ringed the citadel remained dark. All was quiet. ''But for how much longer?'' | ||
''But for how much longer?'' | |||
The watchers exchanged glances. They ''knew''. | The watchers exchanged glances. They ''knew''. |