“You sure about that, boss?” The small green cartoon character flashed into existence beside her, the googly eyes looking up at her with what looked like worry.
“I don’t want to have to get a new WorkMate. Scram. And no peeking. You know an AcidSlide frags you as well as me.” Xyl grimaced as the WorkMate construct growled softly and then disappeared in a burst of light. The orange ring still tumbling in Xyl’s visual field also disappeared as the construct severed his connection to Xyl’s nanobot interface.
She keyed up the GoTo program from her nanobot interface and the fast-forward rush of movement vanished her away.
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At first she could only see darkness and a brownish faint light somewhere to the right around a corner. Around her other shapes were materializing and bursting int
