Azazel was describing something to them, pointing at the tables and the windows. The majority of the remaining Watchers then broke off and began pushing the tables against the outside of the room, barricading the doors and windows, moving broken shards of glass, and one or two helped to ease the suffering of their wounded comrades. A smaller group followed Saint Claire into the main building.
McEwan checked on Kate. She seemed conscious, however she didn"t respond to him.
Kate felt strange. She seemed to be floating, but knew she was on the floor. McEwan knelt in front of her and said something. By the time she heard the words in her head she had forgotten what he was saying. The world appeared two-dimensional, like a series of photographs, cut out and pasted onto cardboard, receding int
