. eventually... for the disturbance.The citizens of Kugnae were spread out in a long skirmish line valiantly beating back a squeaking and hissing carp...t of white rats. They seemed to be flowing out of a hole in the ground near the city's northeast corner, but the clever townsfolk had trapped the rats between the walls."Good tactic," Blaster judged, watching the rats getting beaten back by the strong warriors and rogues at the head of the line."Yes, I wonder who came up with it," Gareth agreed,. . talk to you about your father.” I started to put my hands down.“Don’t you move!” The pistol rose higher, and her index finger started to move inside the trigger guard. The noses of hollow point bullets showed in the cylinder mouths; a single shot would be fatal at this range.“I’m not armed, and I haven’t moved. I’ve also done nothing remotely threatening.” My anger was rising, and rapidly overcoming my fear of being shot. I willed myself to stay calm. “Can we just talk?”Samantha shook her. .. uh, moments ... doesn't mean I'veforgotten everything I learned at the Academy." I climbed off the sofaand headed toward the stairs. "When do you plan on us leaving?" Iasked, looking over my shoulder at him."No more than two hours from now. Earlier, if possible. I want to belong gone from the city before the sun comes up." Okay," I said. Then I went back upstairs to the bathroom off Karen'sroom.I closed the door behind me and sat down on the closed lid of thetoilet to read the instructions. But she was trapped and could do neither. She slammed her fist on the door window so hard she hurt her hand.The oxygen concentration in the cab shot down fast. After 5 seconds it had gone from 21 percent to 18 percent. 5 seconds more and it was below 15 percent. Tracee was getting dizzy, lightheaded, and confused. As a trained, experienced industrial safety professional, Morris knew about nitrogen and the body’s reaction. To try to get more oxygen into her system, Tracee’s autonomic reflex.