Chapter Two: Coordinates of the Wing Bone
"Did you kill Wu Hai?"
"I failed to save him. The Returners needed your fear to write the coordinates into reality." Chen paused. "Give me the wing-bone authorization. I can let you survive and forget today."
"What are the feathers on your arm?"
Only static answered.
The security door exploded inward. Twelve figures in shopping-center uniforms charged down. None had facial features. Beaklike points shifted beneath smooth skin.
Su swung a fire extinguisher at the first. The steel cylinder rebounded from its chest as if it had struck rubber.
Lin raised his hand.
Increasing their weight might collapse the structure. Instead, he moved "down" to the ceiling.
