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. Did the computer files we stole from the knights give us any clue what it looks like or how it's going to be disguised?"
"Sorry, my friend," Quong said. He and Rowan both shook their heads. "We've been over it and over it and nothing."
"How do we locate the damn thing, then?" Jamil demanded. "Sniff it out?"
"We use this." Rowan tossed a long thin sheet of paper, which curled around Xris's arm like a flat snake.
He stared at it curiously. "Looks like my EKG the last time my battery malfunctioned."
To his astonishment, Rowan cast him a hurt and angry glance, irritably snatched the tape back.
"So what is this?" Xris asked, wondering what he'd said to upset her.
"A spectral analysis of the power source of the negative wave device," she returned, her voice cool.
"But we don't know what the power source is," Jamil protested.
"We don't need to, do we, Dr. Quong?"
The Doc smiled, nodded complacently. "I will explain. Because of the power band the device uses, it emits a bizarre wave pattern that can be picked up if you know what you're looking for. If not, you'd never notice it. That wave pattern is, effectively, the signature of the negative wave device. Once the knights turn it on, that signature will show up on our monitor. We set it to locate the source, and we have them."
"There will be a time lapse while they bring the machine up to full power in order to activate the device," Rowan added
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