The streets are still ablaze with chatter and scatter after the floating android disappears. Hal has managed to avoid being trampled in the initial rush, and he decides to count his blessings -- better head away from the crowd and figure out where to go from here.
After helping a lost child find their way home, he wipes his brow and starts back toward the harbor. The abandoned garage he’s made into a temporary workstation is the best place to be for planning.
Will they really die without placing these “beacons”? What kind of effect will they have? Does it matter? No, no, can’t get caught up thinking like th--
“Whoa!”
A small, person-sized something flings itself at him, and all Hal can do is jump.
What is it with him and being a magnet for lost kids, today?
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