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I wasn't fast enough to avoid the hard thing that rammed against my spine. Even down in Texas, a gun in the back freezes you up. I WASN'T FAST ENOUGH TO AVOID THE HARD THING THAT RAMMED AGAINST MY SPINE EVEN DOWN IN TEXAS A GUN IN THE BACK FREEZES YOU UP
 street and waved for a skim-copter. Nick's games start late. "You asked me to wait," somebody said. I spun around and saw Lefty standing in the alleyway beside the building. I went for him, charging hard. He scuttled back into the alley, out of what little light there was that far downtown. Just as I reached for him, somebody slugged me in the gut. I went down on a knee, gasping. I hadn't seen his sidekick--the alley was pretty dark. I heard Lefty's breath suck in sharply as I came up out of my crouch, diving for him. After all, it was only pain, something inside my head. It wasn't as though I had been really crippled. My fingers clawed at his jacket, and would have held him. But the other guy grabbed at my ankle and threw me down on the slippery cobbles again. I came up slower that time. I'd bunged up my kneecap more than I wanted to think about. Lefty was still out of reach. I called him a name that was always good for a fight in Texas, and started after him, but slower than before. R SOME HOURS BY THE TIME I HIT THE STREET AND WAVED FOR A SKIM COPTOR NIX GAME START LATE YOU ASKED ME TO WAIT SOMEBODY SAID I SPUN AROUND AND SAW LEFY STANDING IN THE ALLEYWAY BESIDE THE BUILDING I WENT FOR HIM CHARGING HARD HE SCUTTLED BACK INTO THE ALLEY OUT OF WHAT LITTLE LIGHT THERE WAS THAT FAR DOWN TOWN JUST AS I REACHED FOR HIM SOMEBODY SLUGGED ME IN THE GUT I WENT DOWN ON A KNEE GASPING I HADN'T SEEN HIS SIDE KICK THE ALLEY WAS PRETTY DARK I HEARD LEFTY'S BREATH SUCK IN SHARPLY AS I CAME UP OUT OF MY CROUCH DIVING FOR HIM AFTER ALL IT WAS ONLY PAIN SOMETHING INSIDE MY HEAD IT WASN'T AS THOUGH I HAD BEEN REALLY CRIPPLED MY FINGERS CLAWED AT HIS JACKET AND WOULD HAVE HELD HIM BUT THE OTHER GUY GRABBED AT MY ANKLE AND THREW ME DOWN ON THE SLIPPERY COBBLES AGAIN I CAME UP SLOWER THAT TIME I'D BUNGED UP MY KNEE CAB MORE THAN I WANTED TO THINK ABOUT LEFTY WAS STILL OUT OF REACH I CALLED HIM A NAME THAT WAS ALWAYS GOOD FOR A FIGHT IN TEXAS AND STARTED AFTER HIM BUT SLOWER THAN BEFORE
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