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Rue heard the gunshot from a distance. She had turned away from the artificer to keep him from thinking that she might actually be interested in his past, but nevertheless she filed the information away for use later. The area's mental patterns had grown stronger and were focused now ahead of them.

"Stop!" Rue held a hand out in front of Michael. They had been approaching the other vehicle too quickly, and she didn't want to be seen and become a target as well. "What is this...?" She absorbed the mental patterns from a distance, taking longer than she normally would have to decipher them.