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She managed a shrug as she worked to even out her breathing. He read it andfrowned. Not so safe, it turned out. He looked at her now, his mouth set in an expression that was more poutthan frown.

I was just trying to escape for a few minutes. But there was no paltering with the situation which arose in 724. If this was a trick being set up ten minutes ahead of schedule,there would be no reason for the decoy to put on a show. That's too bad.