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Florimel began checking T4b in much thesame way any accident victim might be checked, flexing joints, exploring for a pulse reading. It was only whenthey were so close they could hear the murmuring of voices from the deck above that he could makeout the row of ballast barrels hanging along the hull. She reminded herself that the girl meant it as an act ofkindness. He touchedhis own chest now, felt its slow, regular motion.

_I won't just give up. I'm still trying, _ a voice was saying. I don't know, kind of silly. Gally led them north across the square, around or sometimes straight through knots ofmerrymakers.