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foundation for one of the piers was being poured. To the side were mounds that
had been bulldozed aside in the excavations.
Mixed among the soil and rocks were pieces of broken, crumbling concrete and
rusted steel that looked old. Kenny kicked the caked mud away from what seemed
to have been a metal plate with letters formed on it, now illegible. "Looks
like there was something here from long ago," he commented.
Vanessa wasn't listening. She had stooped to peer at a molding that looked as
if it had broken off the top of the metal plate. It was discolored and
corroded, but the general form could still be made out. It was a bird,
possibly a falcon, swooping with spread wings, its talons extended.
"Kenny, what's this?" she whispered. She felt her blood run cold.
Kenny stepped closer. "Hey, interesting. You know what it is? There must have
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been something here that goes way back, to before the Long War. That was one
of the emblems they had then." He watched her, puzzled. "You didn't know about
that?"
She shook her head. The object evoked feelings of dread. She had a vision of
cold winds blowing across marshes from jagged peaks outlined against a watery
setting sun. Ghosts were coming up out of the marshes. Figures without faces.
"Let's go back," she said tightly.
Kenny turned his head to look at her intermittently as they retraced their
steps. She kept her eyes ahead, walking quickly. "All that was long ago." He
spoke to alleviate the silence, puzzled by the sudden change in her. "Vanessa,
I don't understand. What happened back there? You looked as if you were
terrified. . .
. It's over. This is a new world now. Those ways can't happen again."
Vanessa's pace slackened. Birds were wading among the rocks and gliding above
the water. She stopped and sighed. "I'm sorry. It's just . . . Oh, it reminded
me of bad dreams that I used to have. But I
don't have them anymore."
She managed a smile. Kenny smiled back reassuringly. They resumed walking back
up toward the clearing by the stone wall, where their car was parked.
Crossword Solution
ACROSS
6 SPIELER Anagram of "replies"
7 MACHINE Machine = contrivance. With "time," becomes "time machine"
9 ELEGY Anag. of "glee" with "y," start of "year"
10 CONSTRUCT siliCON STRUCTural
11 APROPOS Anag. of "a poor" and "P.S." afterthought
13 SPUTUM "Put" inside "sum"
15 NUCLEAR FUSION Anag. of "run of lunacies"
19 PODIUM "P," capital of "Peru, plus "odium"
20 SPOUSAL Anag. of "uspo" inside "s" and "AL"
23 ENAMELLER Anag. of "real mean" and "le" = French "the"
24 WATCH A personal time machine
26 POLITIC Po, Li, Ti, C. Chemical symbols
27 NEGLECT Anag. of "Eng" and "Celt"
DOWN
1 TIME cenTIMEters
2 PLAY UP Double meaning
3 CRACKSMAN Double meaning
4 ECOTYPES "E" musical note "co" plus "types"
5 SITUATIONS "Sit" = pose, before "tau" rising, over "ions"
6 SEE SAW Double meaning
7 MANE Double pun on main and Maine
8 ENTOMB Anag. of "boatmen" after "a" removed
12 ROUND TABLE "Round" = ammunition. "Table" = columns of numbers.
14 OFFSPRING "Of," "F" musical key "spring"
16 LAUREATE Original meaning, one decorated with laurel leaves
17 UPKEEP "Keep" up = "peek"
18 OLD HAT Double meaning
21 ON WE GO Double meaning. Time to appear "on" stage.
22 BLOC "Block" less end letter
25 TREE In sTREEt
THE END
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foundation for one of the piers was being poured. To the side were mounds that
had been bulldozed aside in the excavations.
Mixed among the soil and rocks were pieces of broken, crumbling concrete and
rusted steel that looked old. Kenny kicked the caked mud away from what seemed
to have been a metal plate with letters formed on it, now illegible. "Looks
like there was something here from long ago," he commented.
Vanessa wasn't listening. She had stooped to peer at a molding that looked as
if it had broken off the top of the metal plate. It was discolored and
corroded, but the general form could still be made out. It was a bird,
possibly a falcon, swooping with spread wings, its talons extended.
"Kenny, what's this?" she whispered. She felt her blood run cold.
Kenny stepped closer. "Hey, interesting. You know what it is? There must have
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been something here that goes way back, to before the Long War. That was one
of the emblems they had then." He watched her, puzzled. "You didn't know about
that?"
She shook her head. The object evoked feelings of dread. She had a vision of
cold winds blowing across marshes from jagged peaks outlined against a watery
setting sun. Ghosts were coming up out of the marshes. Figures without faces.
"Let's go back," she said tightly.
Kenny turned his head to look at her intermittently as they retraced their
steps. She kept her eyes ahead, walking quickly. "All that was long ago." He
spoke to alleviate the silence, puzzled by the sudden change in her. "Vanessa,
I don't understand. What happened back there? You looked as if you were
terrified. . .
. It's over. This is a new world now. Those ways can't happen again."
Vanessa's pace slackened. Birds were wading among the rocks and gliding above
the water. She stopped and sighed. "I'm sorry. It's just . . . Oh, it reminded
me of bad dreams that I used to have. But I
don't have them anymore."
She managed a smile. Kenny smiled back reassuringly. They resumed walking back
up toward the clearing by the stone wall, where their car was parked.
Crossword Solution
ACROSS
6 SPIELER Anagram of "replies"
7 MACHINE Machine = contrivance. With "time," becomes "time machine"
9 ELEGY Anag. of "glee" with "y," start of "year"
10 CONSTRUCT siliCON STRUCTural
11 APROPOS Anag. of "a poor" and "P.S." afterthought
13 SPUTUM "Put" inside "sum"
15 NUCLEAR FUSION Anag. of "run of lunacies"
19 PODIUM "P," capital of "Peru, plus "odium"
20 SPOUSAL Anag. of "uspo" inside "s" and "AL"
23 ENAMELLER Anag. of "real mean" and "le" = French "the"
24 WATCH A personal time machine
26 POLITIC Po, Li, Ti, C. Chemical symbols
27 NEGLECT Anag. of "Eng" and "Celt"
DOWN
1 TIME cenTIMEters
2 PLAY UP Double meaning
3 CRACKSMAN Double meaning
4 ECOTYPES "E" musical note "co" plus "types"
5 SITUATIONS "Sit" = pose, before "tau" rising, over "ions"
6 SEE SAW Double meaning
7 MANE Double pun on main and Maine
8 ENTOMB Anag. of "boatmen" after "a" removed
12 ROUND TABLE "Round" = ammunition. "Table" = columns of numbers.
14 OFFSPRING "Of," "F" musical key "spring"
16 LAUREATE Original meaning, one decorated with laurel leaves
17 UPKEEP "Keep" up = "peek"
18 OLD HAT Double meaning
21 ON WE GO Double meaning. Time to appear "on" stage.
22 BLOC "Block" less end letter
25 TREE In sTREEt
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