Fire. Fire blazed everywhere I looked, penetrating the darkness and throwing strange shadows over the other buildings. Screams pierced the air. Shouts issued by the System's Officers echoed, sounding farther away, and followed by other voices that sounded like rebels.

"If you get to Terminus, you can make it out!" they were saying. "Get to the Terminal! You can make it out!"

Make it out? I turned to Thane, who deliberately glanced away from me. He'd left something out. He'd ...