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Underground
They want me. Why? What did I do to them? Hands tremble, holding my picture. “Get this one. Get her.”Agents glide out of the room, their faces like simple sketches with lines for mouths and eyes. Have they a clue? They have the power. But they will not find me if I move as in a dream.