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RAT-EYE BETA 10:07:41 1102006.>

Get away! Get… ah… You’re not a rat… one of Shade’s Eyes…

<SOBBING.>

The others or gone. Nelo and Tanner. We got to the observation point, but there were Trackers everywhere and Myrmidons… Pre-battle, I guess… hu… hu…

<HYSTERICAL LAUGHER.>

Hundreds of them. Pouring out everywhere. We got back to the hedges, but Trackers sniffed us out… Myrmidons took Nel and Tan… I’m in Southwest Drain Twelve, about… I don’t know… near the Big Six connection… Please send someone to get me… Look… the bone is sticking out… It hurts…

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FRACTURE OF HUMERUS. MAJOR BLOOD-VESSEL DAMAGE. EMERGENCY MEDICAL TREATMENT INDICATED.>

I jumped… They almost had me… but I can’t crawl further… I can’t…

<SOBBING.>

A team could get me out. Ella or Stelo, they’ll come. They’ll come, won’t they, Shade?

<MEDISCAN APP. CUT IN. PROGNOSIS: TREATMENT

REQUIRED WITHIN 134 MINUTES. PATIENT

IN SEVERE SHOCK. BLOOD LOSS SIGNIFICANT.>

It’s pretty dry down here… Maybe… maybe dry enough for Ferrets… but it’s not far… not far. They’ll get here before dark. Yeah, it’s OK, they’ll get here… They’ll get here… Shade… help me.

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