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. It wasn't the snakes. Something was wrong. And still no word from Rowan.
Ito slid closer. Xris lifted his headset to hear.
"The more I think about it, the less sense it makes. We can't do a damn thing without our computer expert. Why don't you call in and request an abort on this one.'? We're allowed to do that much, even under Blackjack."
Xris toggled the transmitter switch. "Sunray, this is Delta One. Request permission to abort. Javelin has not linked up with this call sign yet."
"This is Sunray. Proceed. Out."
The two stared at each other. Ito shook his head. Cursing under his breath, Xris drew his lasgun, sloshed out of the swamp, and crawled to the fence. Seeing nothing in the compound, he motioned Ito forward.
Ito came slowly, dragging his tool kit bag behind him.
Xris pointed at the fence. He'd tested it yesterday, but he wasn't about to trust anything or anyone, especially now.
Ito pulled out a signal analyzer.
"It's not electrified and it doesn't have any sensor data flowing through it," he reported.
Xris nodded, sprayed neoprene on the section of the fence that he was going to cut. The rubber hardened into a black mass on the fence's metal links. Using laser wire cutters, he cut a hole in the fence large enough for them to pass through. The neoprene prevented the laser from building up a resonance within the wire, possibly setting off a passive sensor somewhere
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