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1、FluxBook3oftheXeeleeSequenceStephenBaxterTomynephewJamesBaxter1Durawokewithastart.Therewassomethingwrong.Thephotonsdidn'tsmellright.Herhandfloatedbeforeherface,dimlyvisible,andsheflexedherfingers.Disturbedelectrongas,spiralingdizzilyaroundtheMagfieldlines,sparkledpurple-w
2、hitearoundthefingertips.TheAirinhereyeswaswarm,stale,andshecouldmakeoutonlyvagueshapes.Foramomentshehungthere,curledinatightball,suspendedintheelasticgripoftheMagfield.Sheheardvoices,thinandhotwithpanic.TheywerecomingfromthedirectionoftheNet.Durajammedhereyestightshutandh
3、uggedherknees,willingherselftoreturntothecooloblivionofsleep.Notagain.BythebloodoftheXeelee,shesworesilently,notanotherGlitch;notanotherspinstorm.Shewasn'tsureifthelittletribeofHumanBeingshadtheresourcestorespondtomoredisruption...nor,indeed,ifsheherselfhadthestrengthtoco
4、pewithfreshdisaster.TheMagfielditselftremblednow.Encasingherbody,itrippledoverherskin,notunpleasantly,andsheallowedittorockherasifshewereachildinitsarms.Then—notsopleasantly—itproddedhermorerudelyinthesmalloftheback...No,thatwasn'ttheMagfield.Sheuncurledagain,stretchingag
5、ainsttheconfinesofthefield.Sherubbedhereyes—thefleshyrimsofthecupswerecrustedwithsleep-depositsandfeltsharpagainstherfingers—andshookherheadtoclearthecloudedAiroutofthecups.TheprodinherbackwascomingfromthefistofFarr,herbrother.He'dbeenonlatrineduty,shesaw;hestillcarriedhi
6、splaitedwastebag,emptyoftheneutron-richshithe'dtakenoutawayfromtheNetanddumpedintheAir.Hisskinny,growingbodytrembledinresponsetotheinstabilitiesintheMagfieldandhisroundfacewasupturnedtoher,creasedwithanalmostcomicalconcern.InonehandhegrippedafinofhispetAir-pig—afatinfanta
7、boutthesizeofDura'sfist,soyoungthatnoneofitssixfinswereyetpierced.Thelittleanimal,obviouslyterrifiedbytheGlitch,struggledtoescape,feebly;itpumpedoutsuperfluidjetfartsinthinbluestreams.HisfondnessfortheanimalmadeFarrseemevenyoungerthanhistwelveyears—athirdofDura'sage—andhe
8、clungtothepigletasifclingingtochildhooditself.Well,Durathought,theMantlewashugeandempty,butthere
