His laugh was shaky. In fact, Renie reflected wearily, their entireexperience in the network had been like that. If he thought his boy Stephen had died--if he had suffered one of his bad dreams, perhaps, orhis depression had just beaten him down until the difference between comatose and corpse seemednil. He sometimes wondered if he would ever get to drive it again.
He awakened in blackness, without even the virtual lamplight of Abydos to soothe him. _ Trembling, the boy reached upand caught at his hand with a grasp stronger than he ever could have imagined from such smallfingers. When he had climbed the hills, he found Mantis sittingbeside the water, drinking and bathing the dust from his body. txt (66 of 313) [8/28/03 12:42:54 AM] file:///F|/rah/Tad%20Williams/Otherland%202-River%20of%20Blue%20Fire%20(v3.
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