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I jabbed him, once, in the arm.
He jabbed back.
The monorail door sealed. The car hurled itself away, and Priory was left behind.
I stepped out at the Port.
It was a five-hundred-yard walk down to the Administration building.
It took me ten years to walk it.
"Next time I see you you'll be a man".
"Don't tell anybody ".
"I'll wait, Chris".