The wind slipped through the trees in the park, whispering to Robert. “Come to us,” the voice said, “come to us.” He looked up from picnic table under the moss-covered gazebo, and saw that there was no one there except his parents, and his sister and brother.

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Andrew walked down the street. He thought about Cara Kato — he had to remember to stop in at her store tonight, otherwise she’d throw a fit. He had been spending so much time with his friends lately that he hadn’t bothered to check in with her for a few days. He meant to, of course, but every time he went over to Robbie’s he lost track of the time playing RPGs on the computer. Several years ago, all of the guys — Chris, Luis, Samuel, and himself, chipped in a bunch of money and bought a computer from Cara for Robbie’s birthday. Ever since then, Robbie’s home was usually where they killed their afternoons, and they made a habit of joking about how rich Robbie was. It was an extremely nice computer: 66 MHz, 500MB hard drive. Anything better had long since been grabbed by a government or hidden away by businesses or academics. Even more importantly, it still ran fine two years later.

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