<P>Jess looked up and saw Jock penetrating the Luminous Path walls through the large, metallic doorway.
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<P>She leaped down the few steps before her and met the pilot halfway through the courtyard.
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<P>"Jock," she prompted.
<P>
<P>"Yeah?" He paced towards shelter, with grim expression, his arms crossed.
<P>
<P>"Tong wanted to talk to us."
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<P>"All of us?"
<P>
<P>"No. Everyone except Dom."
<P>
<P>He looked at her and then nodded. 
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<P><JC>--- --- --- ---
<P>
<P>Dominic was lying on one of the numerous bunk beds positioned in the large lower floor of the Luminous Path compound. He stared thoughtfully at the ceiling above him.
<P>
<P>A clock ticked.
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<P>Someone coughed.
<P>
<P>There were several men sitting at tables. Reading. Writing.
<P>
<P>Everything was very vivid, very bright, very clear... 
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<P><JC>--- --- --- ---
<P>
<P>Four of them made their way to Tong's lab. Jess, Brian, Jock, and Alex.