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MOMENTS LATER, THE TWO groups of Masters converged at the gate, two from one direction and five from the other.

“After them!” commanded Placer. “But stay together. We’ll have to try to hunt them down in the vats, and maybe the Toughs can help us, but we don’t want to get separated so they can pick us off one by one.”

“Wait, Placer, there’s something you ought to know