Blood on the Asphalt biker
It didn't fall; it simply decompiled, raining harmless sparks of sub-ether back down into the raging river a mile below.
On the far side of the canyon, a massive, collective cheer went up from the allied army.
Dax stood on the far cliff, looking across the mile-wide gap at me. Even from that distance, I could see the fierce, unbroken pride in his stance. He keyed his comms.
"Ghost," Dax said, his voice soft, meant only for me. "I owe you a new set of cables. And a very long vacation."
"You owe me a world first, Pres," I managed to laugh, sitting up and wiping the blood from my nose. "Now, how the hell do I get across?"
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