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She bent with all the strength of her legs, held her trunk and her two children against her chest, and kissed Dexter's lips. Then, dodging bullets and burning debris, she ran across the road. As a last image she saw the drone strafing her husband's corpse again....

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Dr. Steller, a total insomniac, was not in the habit of watching his operations live; he preferred to be presented with a report to be analyzed. However, like any executive, he watched the extras of the lackey television stations in the service of the disinformation program of OUS Corp; he watched alyaziraCNN, NewYorkTimestelesurRT....

The images of the flashing red, blue, yellow and white lights of the various police forces and ambulances showed the burning remains of a huge mansion.