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<h1> A Simple Errand</h1>
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<h1> A Simple Errand</h1>
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<span class="quote speech">Next stop: Central Square</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">Next stop: Central Square</span><br />
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Annie looks up. That's where she has to get off. She only needs to
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Annie looks up. That's the station she has to get off at. She only
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be at work in the afternoon so she decided to get that manual for Jack.
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needs to be at work in the afternoon so she decided to get that manual
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for Jack.
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The train comes to a halt in the station. Annie steps out onto the
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The train comes to a halt in the station. Annie steps out onto the
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Annie makes her way up the stairs and enters through the large wooden
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Annie makes her way up the stairs and enters through the large wooden
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doors. She walks up to the counter. <br />
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doors. She walks up to the counter. <br />
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<span class="quote speech">Hello, how may I help you today?</span> The guy
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<span class="quote speech">Hello, how may I help you today?</span><br />
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behind the counter smiles. <span class="quote speech">Borrowing the next
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The guy behind the counter smiles.<br />
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stack of fantasy books?</span>, he asks. <br />
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<span class="quote speech">Borrowing the next stack of fantasy
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books?</span>, he asks. <br />
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<span class="quote speech">Uhm... Actually, no</span>, Annie replies as
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<span class="quote speech">Uhm... Actually, no</span>, Annie replies as
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she takes her library card and a piece of paper out of her bag.<br />
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she takes her library card and a piece of paper out of her bag.<br />
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<span class="quote speech">I have a quite unusual request. I am looking
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<span class="quote speech">I have a quite unusual request. I am looking
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for</span> – she glances at the piece of paper –
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for</span> – she glances at the piece of paper –
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<span class="quote speech">a manual for a Neotek B three three F Y dash
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<span class="quote speech">a manual for a B three three F Y dash A F
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A F bunker door.</span><br />
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bunker door.</span><br />
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The guy types into his terminal for a moment. Annie places her library
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The guy types into his terminal for a moment. Annie places her library
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card on the counter. With a worried look, he turns back to her: <br />
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card on the counter. With a worried look, he turns back to her: <br />
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<span class="quote speech">I'm afraid, that it has recently been
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<span class="quote speech">I'm afraid, that it has recently been
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Annie needs to go to meet the library guy
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Annie needs to go to meet the library guy
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</ul>
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Pulling the secondary drive out of the rack takes an unusual amount of
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force. The crunchy bearings scratch on the rails as they get dragged
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forward. After struggling for a bit, Jack finally reaches the point
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where the top cover and the empty compartment for a removable platter
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are fully exposed. He undoes the thumb screws holding them in place,
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then he slides the assembly forward and takes it out, revealing the
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circuit boards, motor, and spindle with fixed platters beneath. A fine
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silver line along the edge in the otherwise brown coating of the top-most
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platter shows where its upper
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head had crashed – a deep scratch but, with a bit of luck, this
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might still be recoverable. He undoes two more
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thumb screws on the inside and the face plate of the drive comes off.
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Using a small flashlight that he had found in one of the desk cabinets,
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he inspects the three platters: The one on top turns out to be the
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outlier, its underside and both of the other platters have thick
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silver-y white stripes lining their edges.
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<span class="quote speech">Well, there goes that pipe dream.</span>
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Jack puts the drive back together
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<p class="comment">
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This has been moved here from chapter 1 "Wake Up". It should
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This has been moved here from chapter 1 "Wake Up". It should
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be integrated into this chapter instead.
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be integrated into this chapter instead.
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