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- “Well done, Holly. You did it. Set us down in the rear courtyard. We can access the house by the kitchen door.”
- Holly pressed a few buttons. “Around the back it is. Scanning for alarms. Found two and a sneaky third. Motion sensors, if I’m not mistaken. Only one alarm is being remotely monitored, and the other two are self-contained. Should I disable the remote alarm?”
- “Yes, Holly, please disable the alarm. Anybody home?”
- Holly checked the thermal imaging. “One warm body. Top floor.”
- Artemis sighed, relieved. “Good. Just Mother. She will have taken her sleeping tablets by now. Little me can’t be back yet.”
- ...
- “Later. Over supper. Now can we open the time stream, friend?”
- There was a sudden swish as the bay window curtain slid back.
- Young Artemis and Butler were there, both wearing foil suits. Butler unzipped his suit to reveal a large gun strapped across his chest.
- “What was that about a time stream?” asked ten-year-old Artemis.
- ...
- “Please,” Artemis pleaded.“We need to go. It’s a matter of life and death.”
- Young Artemis was unmoved. “I had a feeling you would be back. This is where it all began, right on this spot. I reviewed the security tapes, and you simply appeared in this room. Then you followed me to Africa, so I thought if I saved the creature’s life you might end up back here with my lemur. We simply blocked our heat signatures and waited. And here you are.”
- -The Time Paradox, Chapter 13
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