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Show "Halt!" screamed Erica over the augment. "Holy Jesu!" cried Pym. He rushed to the man and lifted him up, shouting at the same time for the MedTechs. Belinda, who was filling in, rushed toward him. "Seest thou," said Dr'Anya in a shaking voice, "thou hast predicted it truly, my girl." Then she and Janni ran over to the wounded Provincial. Behind her the enemy knights marveled. "Well and truly done, noble lord," said one of them to Pym's back. "Demons they be and that rightly," repeated the big woman darkly. But the Provincial knight pushed himself away from Pym's helping hand and recovered his sword which was lying between them. Just as Dr'Anya reached him, he lunged forward to strike Pym in the breast and Dr'Anya drew in her breath sharply. Then she fell heavily to the ground. The knight stepped back, swaying, and looked aghast at the woman lying before him in the dust. His epee was dripping blood and a deathly hush had descended on the field. Slowly, a shrill keening lifted into the clear air of the valley: it was Janni, screaming, her arms raised toward the heavens. 266 |
