XI FOUND MICHELLE AN old coat and a slouch hat. Then I taught her how to look at the ground and walk hunched over. With a little practice, she picked it right up. I had Dolly work over her hair and give it a different temporary color.
Walking on the borders we got to the main security exit just before twilight and traveled the long empty block between barbed wire and mesh fences. It was built originally as a double-wide highway, and it dwarfed us.
Michelle's shuffle made her look shorter than I was. And I also had her cough as she walked, every few steps.
By the time we finally shuffled up to the security booth, we had been scanned and re-scanned. Neither of us had chips, and our faces weren't in their systems.
One of the guards came up to us and grabbed off our hats. "Gotta see your f
