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SEVERAL PEOPLE in different parts of the site opened fire in our direction.
Thayu pushed me down faster than I could drop myself. I landed on my belly in a patch of sand.
Oof.
At least it wasn’t mud.
Charges flew over our heads, bright trails in the darkness that petered out somewhere behind us. One stream hit a branch of a tree a short distance from us. It exploded in a shower of sparks, but they went out long before they hit the ground.
“s**t,” Thayu said. “They’re doing that on purpose because that’s going to release a lot of oil into the air. I hope Veyada and Sheydu can get their weapons covered in time.”
Thayu peered in the direction of the trees. She was wearing a pair of infrared goggles without which she would be virtually blind. Of course Tamerians had excellent night v
