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I always dreamed 'bout ridin' the big wheel," Mick added, looking down at his shoes with a plaintive expression. "But me mom needs all the money I c'n make." He glanced around at the others and then back at me. Those big brown eyes--with long black lashes that were going to make him a real heartbreaker in a few years--were all the more effective because they were still brimming with tears from the ear twist. "But it's okay, Miss Kate. I don..
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the-chronos-files
timebound
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Rysa Walker |
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But oh, me mom is gonna be madder'n bloody hell." It clicked then, with his last two words, and I realized why I'd had the touch of deja vu earlier when he rubbed his temples. I probably would have recognized those eyes earlier, but when I had seen them before--both through the medallion and on the Metro--they had burned with a type of passion that the little boy in front of me wouldn't understand for several years."
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the-chronos-files
timebound
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Rysa Walker |
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For the past year, food of some sort has been a permanent appendage to Deo's hand. Sometimes both hands at once. At first, I teased that he was going to get fat, but then he shot upward--six full inches since last summer. Now I have to look up at , not the other way around. This amuses him. I don't really care as long as he doesn't call me "Short Stuff."
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I don't know anything for certain. You and I could both explode in the next two seconds. Or the swimming pool over there could have a clone of the Loch Ness monster swimmin' about on the bottom, ready to spring out and have us for a midnight snack." He's trying to make me laugh, but I'm tired enough and jumpy enough that I cast a wary glance at the pool before looking back at him."
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the-chronos-files
time-s-divide
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Rysa Walker |
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Unfortunately, I'll need to watch them again at some point, because my mind keeps straying back to reality. I envy Deo's ability to lose himself in fantasy for a while. That type of break seems almost as useful as sleep for keeping stress at bay, and I've never really mastered it.
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the-delphi-effect
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Rysa Walker |
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18b2d2a
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One in particular catches my eye, because I've met him, and also his father. "You're kidding me? The little guy who came over on the boat last week? He's a baby!" Okay, not a baby , and I guess it was only last week from my perspective. Simon finally convinced the elder Kiernan Dunne to bring his family over from Ireland. I helped, mostly by spending a few minutes talking to the woman, Cliona. She seemed a little in awe of me, probably be..
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the-chronos-files
time-s-mirror
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Rysa Walker |
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The Kiernan kid was there when it happened, near the back of the barn. He'd been hanging out earlier with a younger version of Simon and this electrical engineer we recruited. Kiernan helped them set up the lighting so that I'd look all ethereal and otherworldly. I saw Kiernan's face after those people slit their throats to show their devotion to Cyrus. The boy's mouth hung open and he just stared at the bodies, as huge tears rolled down h..
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the-chronos-files
time-s-mirror
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Rysa Walker |
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280bf9a
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Didn't anyone ever teach you why it's a bad idea to make assumptions?" He raises his eyebrows, waiting for an answer. "It makes an ass out of you and me." "I see you're both smart pretty." He laughs and settles into another smile. "
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the-delphi-effect
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Rysa Walker |
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So why didn't he vanish?" Charlayne nods toward Kiernan. "After Max took his key, he should have disappeared, right?" "I would have," Kiernan says, "except someone was wise enough to give me a backup when I was eight. This isn't the first time it's saved me."
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the-chronos-files
time-s-divide
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cf89fef
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Charlayne is in front of me, holding a rifle identical to the one in my hand, raised to shoulder height and pointed at Kiernan, who's sitting on the bed. He looks more bored than afraid.
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the-chronos-files
time-s-divide
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Rysa Walker |
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But then he rolls his eyes and gives me a half smile. "Fine. But if you must give me the Mark of the Beast, at least put it where I don't have to see it constantly." "Such as?" "If we want to be in keeping with what I think of the damned symbol, I'll drop trou and you can stamp it on my ass. But in the interest of propriety . . ." He rolls up his left sleeve, and I stamp the inside of his arm."
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the-chronos-files
time-s-divide
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Rysa Walker |
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464cc55
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Watching people you love walk into danger is a hundred times harder than walking into it yourself.
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The manager is busy, and our policy is absolute. No respectable establishment--" The man breaks off in midsentence about the time I feel a hand on my elbow. Kiernan leans in and plants a quick kiss on my cheek. "So sorry to leave you stranded, dearest. You were right--my notecase was lying on the bed, right where I left it. Don't they have a table?" The maitre d' lets out a relieved sigh. "My apologies, sir. Your . . . wife . . . failed t..
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the-chronos-files
time-s-divide
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Rysa Walker |
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d50feb1
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Kiernan reaches to pull out my chair, but I beat him to it and then nudge the chair across from me out about six inches with my foot. He pulls it out the rest of the way and says, "Thank you, dearest," in a droll tone before retreating behind the menu."
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the-chronos-files
time-s-divide
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Rysa Walker |
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a56c71b
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Kiernan leans forward. "I'm guessing that's because you make it work, Mr. Houdini. Maybe that's how you manage . . ." He pauses when my kick lands on his shin, but finishes the sentence anyway. ". . . some of your more elaborate escapes."
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the-chronos-files
time-s-divide
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Rysa Walker |
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fa79234
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You see, I've read Mr. Grumbine's treatise on auras, and while it does depend on the shade, a green aura can be a mark of deception or dishonesty." I shoot Kiernan a smug glance. While I'm certain this aura stuff is total bunk, he and Prudence both see the light as green. "Does this Mr. Grumbine say anything about blue auras?" "Again, it depends on the shade. But it's usually associated with truth."
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the-chronos-files
time-s-divide
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Rysa Walker |
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Kiernan gives him a suspicious look. "You performed at the Expo?" "Yes," Bess answers. "Along with his brother, Dash. They headlined as The Brothers Houdini on the Midway Plaisance." "Really?" Kiernan shakes his head. "I was there as well. For the run. I knew every headliner on the Midway." Houdini eyes shift slightly. "Well, we weren't exactly headliners, but yes, we did perform at the Fair."
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the-chronos-files
time-s-divide
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Rysa Walker |
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5a9621e
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I pull my T-shirt over my face and am about to plunge in when it occurs to me that I'm approaching this, as Kiernan would say, far too linearly.
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the-chronos-files
time-s-divide
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Rysa Walker |
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a2d91f2
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Kate has been in here every few days for the past eighteen months or so. Helped him behind the counter on many occasions. They flirt shamelessly with each other, and threaten to leave me and Amelia behind so that they can run off to Niagara Falls together. Jess has asked about Kate each time I've stopped by the past few days.
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splinter
the-chronos-files
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Rysa Walker |
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c23d58f
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Kate, please. You have to focus. I've pulled up a stable point, love. Just slide your fingers over it and go. I'll be right behind you. I promise." That promise is a lie in one sense, but hopefully, she'll never know it. Six will be there."
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splinter
the-chronos-files
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Rysa Walker |
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c8c5e50
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photographs at my grandmother's house--her
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I'd like to think those laws will be overturned, but the Supreme Court is as useless as tits on a bull these days.
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You'll always have discontents in any system, Kate. Some people feel they're being oppressed or held back, even if they have everything they need or everything that a reasonable person could want. Some people always want more.
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Katherine leaned forward, pushing the glowing
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The Urban Simulation Team at UCLA has created a truly incredible online simulation of the 1893 Columbian Exposition that made me feel as though I'd actually strolled the sidewalks of the Wooded Island, toured the Palace of Fine Arts, and explored the Midway Plaisance.
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c67bab8
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They see exactly what they want to see and nothing more. It's like Niemoller said, if you ignore it when they're taking rights from everyone else, pretty soon they'll come after yours, and there's no one left to protest.
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Rysa Walker |
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Timebound is her debut novel.
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Rysa Walker |
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bc81809
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Things that are different, things that don't fit into our own typical surroundings, do tend to set off some sort of subliminal trigger in most people. Your pulse beats faster, you become more aware of your environment, more in touch with your fight-or-flight response.
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Rysa Walker |
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183f721
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humans have failed to protect the Planet, the Planet shall protect itself.
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Rysa Walker |
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There's a valid point somewhere beneath the layers of insanity. But most of the things you described are... incremental evils, if that makes sense. The mistakes of one generation build upon the mistakes of the next and you get a society that no one really wanted.
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You know, this would be a lot easier to get used to if you had to go back to your TARDIS or whatever before you disappeared.
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Rysa Walker |
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You look very librarian." He's right. The blue dress falls just below the knee and is probably the frumpiest-looking thing I've ever worn, but at least it's loose enough that I can fight in it if I have to."
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Rysa Walker |
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if you ignore it when they're taking rights from everyone else, pretty soon they'll come after yours, and there's no one left to protest.
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fa0dc28
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I think it's important to know you're wanted, maybe even needed, don't you? Gives you somethin' to hold on to when you're off in a strange place. Kinda like you are now, right, child?
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Maria Eulalia Francisca de Asis Margarita Roberta Isabel Francisca de Paula Cristina Maria de la Piedad.
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Rysa Walker |
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attached without a problem, but I didn't notice any change. "Is it supposed to do something?" Katherine opened the journal and tapped"
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Rysa Walker |
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holy trinity" of Creole cuisine--bell peppers, celery, and onions--while" --
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Rysa Walker |
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Upton Sinclair's The Jungle
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Rysa Walker |
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Slan go foill, a stor mo chroi.
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Rysa Walker |
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3d68f8a
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How much time is wasted today training children to perform a variety of skills that they not only will never use but would never even consider using?
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Rysa Walker |
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Maybe Eve should never have plucked the damn apple from the tree...or maybe Adam should have had the balls to pluck it first. Maybe we should never have split the atom...or maybe we should have wiped out all our enemies when we were the only ones who had the bomb. You can go round and round, but none of this matters once the genie is out of the bottle.
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Rysa Walker |
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Trey was singing softly to an old Belle and Sebastian song.
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Rysa Walker |
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9ce14c0
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Come on, even the MoCoPopo aren't that blind.
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Rysa Walker |
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373096d
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The cake was sinfully decadent, dripping with chocolate, exactly the way a birthday cake should be.
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Rysa Walker |