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...grocery run. I was almost out of perishables. And more. *You can't get delivery anymore.* I put on mesh outerwear, donned my backpack, checked my helmet was charged and put it on. Buckled on the most deadly self-defense armament I dared carry: a cane. A walking stick. Not much if three or four went after me, but all I could carry without triggering a monitoring AI a...

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...delivery anymore. I put on mesh outerwear, donned my backpack, checked my helmet was charged and put it on.Buckled on the most deadly self-defense ar... ...gh to make me sweat. Well, what of it? My head was already damp under the helmet. Living in an oven was like that. Noone was going to shed any tears ... ...g, uncertain walkway, with nothing to light the way. My augmented-reality helmet could process what light there was to give me night vision,fortunate... ...tingthose away." "No no, I got it." We did this every time. I took off my helmet and plugged it in to charge, then gotmy backpack off, set it down in... ...ouple of days later, I called it a day where work was concerned, put on my helmet and got mycane, and went up to Grandfather's. When I came inside, h... ...he corner of the old farmhouse, and I saw the source. A mountain lion was batting angrily at the smokehouse door. This was still the hottest part ofs...

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...essor. Look at me.” Her eyes met his, and she blinked. Her face had that white “I’m going to be sick” look, and he couldn’t let her get sick with the helmet on. “There. See. We’re all good here. It’s just us. Now, I need you to control your breathing.” He could see her respiration in the team HUD display start to drop. It came back down. He checked his wrist chrono. His...

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...r the plate. Dariuswinced as it struck the batter with a resounding “smack” on the helmet andcareened off the top bar of the backstop. The kid to... ...oring. Bad luck for the batter because that hit sounded like it hurt,even with the helmet on. Bucky threw like a cannon. Darius scanned the sky f... ...s.The tone of the announcer’s words had an ominous sound as the playertook off his helmet. 51 The loudspeaker's voice c... ...ky couldn’t handle the pressure of a stolen base and both sluggerscoming up in the batting order. But he wouldn’t admit it. Bucky’s pridewouldn’t let ... ...d that white “I’m going to be sick” look, and he couldn’t let herget sick with the helmet on. “There. See. We’re all good here. It’s just us.Now, I ne... ...les with fine dials on the perimeter fittedwith neck lanyards under leather glider helmets. They were deft with theirmovements, slipping them on, and ... ...icked his glove over his shoulder. “As long asyou keep hitting the tower, you stay batting. If you miss three times in arow, we change positions.” ...

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...lle from the face.Meanwhile they reached Marcus' fiery red Honda. Both the helmet overthe head, while they could be out of sight for a second. With a ... ... 17so quickly to the point. Breathing heavily, she took off their helmets andwere finally getting closer.Celeste's hands stroked his neck and... ...ike on a parking place in front of hispenthouse. Both dismounted, took the helmets from their heads andkissed passionately goodbye.As the fatigue him ... ...er a long road until the two arrived on his Honda."Rise up and put on your helmet on! Connect your eyes, "he orderedher.April did what she had told Ma... ...nd as for your home? Why is there thetelephone directory? "He lied without batting an eyelid."Oh, like you're right!" She replied."As April came to yo...

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...ly the lights on the buildings and exposed machinery, and on our and other helmets, lit the murkydarkness. The clouds never let the sun through. Mayb... ...ut that and dogged it airtight, which also bolted the door. We pulled our helmets off and sat down on the mattress that filled the five by eight room... ...had a long term."Meanwhile, I could be tracked by the terminal." I put my helmet on. "We've been here too long. Let's go." ... ...nts questions. Result of Runako being overbearing? She went on,"Especially helmet." "Not yet," I said. "As soon as we get out of this tiny room?" I... ...toobad, and maybe I hadn't sprained anything. I dialed up my belt light—no helmet indoors of course—dialed it up to its lowest setting for a fraction ... ... "These last few days have just been one win after another," said Sultry, batting her eyes at Idol. "For some more than others," said Handsome, blee...

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...ithmic spirals — cold blue military footage burned through, lab animals wired into test systems,helmets feeding into #ire control circuits of tanks an... ...rning, the onlookers clapping in time. But that had needed a vanfull of gear and a clumsy trode helmet. What Riviera dreamed, you got. Case shook his ... ...int in his phones. He chinned the volume control and peeredinto the Lexan face-plate of Aerol’s helmet."Gotta get to Garvey, Aerol.""Yo. Strap in, mon... ...purring a speeded-up patois to his radio when Case came through the forward lock andremoved his helmet. "Aerol’s gone back to the Rocker," Case said.M... ...e orange jumpsuit was sealing the front of a whitevacuum rig. She watched him ring and seal the helmet, pick up his console, and step back through the... ... against the white cage of aSwiss exercise machine and shot through the 1loating maze of paper, batting it away from his face."Case, mon . . . "The ma...

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...ken whatever Brock had instead. We put sim suits on, including full-spectrum helmets, which would even simulateacceleration. We ran in place on the... ...forest, as I felt water splattering onme and running down my neck. Some sim! My helmet display came live, a sidebar showingwireless information for th... ...objectiveamped up its radio output, blotting out most of my display. I told the helmet to reduce the radio-frequency view to ten percent, when the two... ...d said, "Let's—" She turned back to me, curls bouncing under the edge of her helmet, reached out a handto my lips, stopping just short of my facepl... ...do the restof my term." We need to know who our father is. I went on without batting an eye—all our phone callswere like this, ever since our mothe... ...ts of leather, levlar, or looked like it. All sported visors or eyewear. We had helmets withface shields, and jaylar, not levlar, ourselves. We wal...

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...TION FROM THESCORCHING ZEGANDARIAN RAYS, THEY HAD WRAPPED OVER THEIRBATTLE HELMETS A SPECIAL MATERIAL, CALLED QUIZON, USEDCHIEFLY FOR MAKING MARCHING ... ... A LIGHTNING LEFT CROSS TO THE FATHER'S NOSE, GOODTHING HE WAS WEARING THE HELMET OF HIS SPACESUIT OR HEMIGHT HAVE SMASHED HIS HEAD RIGHT THROUGH. FRO... ... MARK WASGREATLY SURPRISED, AND SO WERE THE OTHERS.- 'PUT ON YOUR HELMETS, THIS IS AN INTOXICATING GAS ZEMBRAN.IT'S TOO RISKY TO INHALE FOR L... ... INSTRUCTION, FEELING SUBCONSCIOUSLY THAT HE WAS RIGHT.ONCE THEY HAD THEIR HELMETS ON THEIR HEADS AND THEASPIRATOR FILTERS HAD SHOWERED THEM WITH COMP... ...S SPEECH WAS LIKE A BUZZING SOUND TO HIM,CRASHING AGAINST THE SIDES OF HIS HELMET. HE FELT LIKE ADRUNK, OR MORE LIKE A SLIGHTLY SLEEP-DEPRIVED PERSON.... ...M ASKING.- 'TO OUR FRIENDS IN RODWELL, OF COURSE,' ONE-EYED REPLIEDWITHOUT BATTING AN EYELID.‘'HOPE EVERY LEAVE,STEPPING INTO THIS HOUR,TO HIM ABOVE P... ...RETMISSION TO CHECK ON THE CONDITION OF THE CAPTIVES. - WINNOWLIED WITHOUT BATTING AN EYE.THE SOLDIER WAS STUNNED, THOUGHT FOR A MOMENT, BUTAPPARENTLY... ...BVIOUSLY MISSING SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT,' RASTIAN CONTINUED WITHOUT EVEN BATTING AN EYE AT HER.KIER ZOH WAS IN NO HURRY TO ANSWER, AS HIS FACE WAS H...

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...s of specially ordered urban-flak-vests, and the wide rims of civil defense helmets painted black, cloak themen’s identities in deep shadows. All badg... ...o stop playing army and get back to being a cop.”CLANKHe drops the black CD helmet next to the discarded gear. Kirk bolts totingthe Reising and a web ... ...The strobe of muzzle flashes ignite angry scowls, waxing wroth beneathblack helmets, but she can't hear their curses over the deafening hail. Asher ey... ... swap out a few lichen filters.”“Did I hear Uncle?” asked Bob, grinning and batting his eyelids.“Yes, Uncle,” resigned Stan.“You guys at it again, huh... ... through to the docking bay, greeting Vivian as she removedher lipstick-red helmet. Her black tresses tumbling round her space suit.“Vivian, Baby, you... ...me on. I’ll buy you that drink.” She was allact, and he knew it, taking her helmet in hand and grabbing her by theelbow. The landing crew would take c...

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...d him. His graspon the torch tightened with near panic as he thrust it at the helmeted head rising over the parapet. Asizzling of coarse hair and a sq... ...ll of them appeared male, some with beards. Many of the men worebullet-shaped helmets and held weapons or burning torches, which sent more sooty smoke... ... panning image of the top of the crenellated city wall and astaggered line of helmets glinting in the morning sun. The faces beneath the helmets were ... ...n guarding the closed entrance. Each of the soldiers wore a shinybreastplate, helmet, and red uniform jacket, and both were armed with things that loo... ...ught with them in the ship ran out. She tried similar tests on other people—batting her eyes, sticking out her tongue, making faces—andno one seemed... ... most wore outfits more or less alike including red jackets and bullet-shaped helmets. Theymust be soldiers. The scene looked like something out of a ...

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...k out yourskills. They may have let me down," Gad ‘Di Enncountered without batting an eye, "This case is toodelicate."- Look doc, there's no such thin... ...dged some of his merits- after all, he had crushed the rebels, and without battingan eye. So calmly and brutally. She didn't doubt he knewwhat to do. ... ...y he slipped and the axe camecrashing down on his own head.Fortunately his helmet was a newer model than Euron'sand that saved him, but the weapon jam... ... pull himself up through an artificially created spoolof a thick permoplax helmet the round pulley of a cyclotronsynthesizer. Actually, it wasn't even... ...ing systems and the safety valve - noproblems. She only had to use her own helmet, as thething had splattered Mark's along with his own head.Sasia loo... ...illed her yet, she knew it was just a happyaccidEnt.Von Blask took off his helmet and for the first time she sawthe tired face of a man in his fifties... ...aterial uniformswith hussar motifs and were in something like speeders.The helmets on their spacesuits were copper-bronze redand cast lazy glares.They...

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...rea, aswell as what appears to be a meditation chamber, and foundnothing), batting away the flies, scattering them like dandelionseeds. It’s funny, be... ...icator switches from red to green—like a streetlight in the void—and the helmet’s blue visor lowers … locking into place. 2 … 1 … I grip... ...g designed to protect the head, similar inmany respects to our Centurions’ helmets (although charred andblackened from its journey through the atmosph... ... mine.” He stops within a few feet of me, examining my flight suit.“Your helmet. You won’t be needing it.” I look at him for what seems a long tim... ..., the deep wrinkles and crow’s feet—at last, Iunderstand. I lift off my helmet. “I was you, once,” I say. “We were … We will …” He nods, slowly... ...from the water by a pair of eager hands—four-fingered hands—which grip the helmet firmly and place itinto the boat, after which it is passed from one ...

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...ld,’ whimpered Eddie ingratiatingly. His lordship just smiled and without batting an eyelid, whacked thefly that had dared to land on his table with ... ... arm affectionately. ‘All I need is a few of thoselifejackets and my crash helmet,’ she said soothingly. From neck to toe, Rachel covered Gladys in y... ...ck to toe, Rachel covered Gladys in yellow lifejackets andjammed the crash helmet onto her head. ‘See you on the other side,Gladys – and hopefully all... ... I can’t see him,’ Stewart said. ‘Look, his bicycle’s by the fence.’ ‘His helmet and truncheon are here, too,’ William added. ‘The wind must have ki... ...n the black frame and sweptback handlebar. ‘Shouldn’t we be wearing crash helmets?’ Rachel asked. These contraptions are pretty safe,’ William impar... ...Rachel recognised Hester and Abigail’sflabby faces beneath their oversized helmets; however, the thunderingfootsteps behind them belonged to two girls...

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...ow dented in severalplaces and covered with grime and goo. He had lost his helmet a shortwhile ago, knocked off even as it had protected him from a lu... ... standing and trying to peer intothe darkness through the eye slits of his helmet, which covered theupper half of his face. His armor was colored whit... ...barian to them,” suggested Cuthbert, trying tosee his reflection in an old helmet.“No fair! You got the Cleric!” protested Percy. “The Barbarian is mi... ...inds, and ancient buildings as well.”“Well, that’s easy.” Dreth tried on a helmet with a skull emblem on anddiscarded it after a few moments considera... ...Go away, orme beat you urg...”He was cut off as the tall being plucked the helmet off Harry with onehand and grabbed his head with the other, brutally... ...e crowd, finally settling on him.The enormous stone Golem stepped forward, batting away an Orcwho was too slow or foolish to get out of its path. “Dre...

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... items to capture.She ignored the store and everything inside it, not even batting a look on the fascinating scene. She could at leastpretend she care... ...heard him, spread and evacuate as many people as you can. "I took out my helmet, being able to smell the ashes from this distance. "But I can't leav... .... ""This can't be good. Down and seek refuge"I said, just as a chunk of my helmet got blown away, aquick shot from afar but I couldn't pinpoint where.... ...er, I reached withmy hand inside my chest and saw him raise his spear, his helmet almost broken too but the one who shot him wasn't lucky enough to en... ... ""Yes we do,how many times do I have to present it to you?"He lowered his helmet and threw it away as he asked, ready to do itonce more. Ready to dis... ...seeing it, shine right through the locked tight vision through the latched helmet that was stuck in their heads. "Whatare they talking about?"Finally ... ...belong, all for nothing, effort in vein, a mockery of everyone staring and batting at him.'Because it's your own damn fault'One man said, keeping the ...

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... items to capture.She ignored the store and everything inside it, not even batting a look on the fascinating scene.She could at least pretend she care... ...ou heard him, spread and evacuate as many people as you can."I took out my helmet, being able to smell the ashes from this distance. "But I can't leav... ...ts.""This can't be good.Down and seek refuge"I said, just as a chunk of my helmet got blown away, a quick shot from afar but Icouldn't pinpoint where.... ...""Yes we do, how many times do I have to present it to you?"He lowered his helmet and threw it away as he asked, ready to do it once more.Ready to dis... ...seeing it, shine right through the locked tight vision through the latched helmet that was stuck intheir heads."What are they talking about?"Finally h... ...of armoured legs came to be whilst all along, holes extended to reveal the helmet,from which a cold wind came.Agents, here too.Though these were a lot... ... belong, all for nothing, effort in vein, a mockery of everyone staringand batting at him.'Because it's your own damn fault'One man said, keeping the ... ...s of meat that had been created around John, who was still in thehospital, batting an eye every now and then towards them.The Cotl of Sabithl A group ...

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... like they said. It was a heavy load and then some, but no worse than a suit, helmet, andweights. I could see why they didn't use compressed air or an... ... say." I had to hand it to her, taking a curve ball like that without hardly batting an eye. She was anice-looking girl, maybe dressed a bit too seve... ...quipment. It wasn't any Mod 5A suit, incorporating resin-bonded aramid fibers,helmet with sound-cancellation protection, light-amp visor, and all the ... ... I had in my equipment was a battery meter. I couldn't focuson it, inside the helmet, but I could see it was still in the yellow. When it hit red, I'd... ... boots. Leather gloves. Everything worn and scuffed. A nondescript motorcycle helmetas part of the suit, and a battered, handmade cycle to ride. Trick... ...ors for me here. But I wasn't a long-term local agent or anything. I had the helmet on when I walked up to the hut door, but wasn’t on internal air. ...

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...ounter glintof a lilt, more annoying already to Grant with each approaching step, ––Ihope you brought me a helmet. ––You mean you hope we brought h... ...fume. ––It doesn’t matter! Clark interrupting, annoyed at the spoilednovelty, ––because we didn’t bring helmets for any of us; our fault, we forgot... ...ld Triangle; or just some Agent Orange might dothe trick. . . as they start to land, he takes his belt and helmet off, scratches atand evaluates trace... ... 238 Trained and attuned, hateful with acuity, they hear, some throughheavy padded riot helmets, the whole small town, scattered th... ...? ––We didn’t count it yet, sir; have barely uncovered all of it. . .muffled but excited through fogged helmet, ––but it’s pot, all pot, and a loto... ...u from the State A-G’soffice? checking our compliance on. . . ––A little Tax Day bong rip, sir? briefly batting eyelashes, to dispel allsense of th...

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... items to capture.She ignored the store and everything inside it, not even batting a look on the fascinating scene. She could at leastpretend she care... ...heard him, spread and evacuate as many people as you can. "I took out my helmet, being able to smell the ashes from this distance. "But I can't leav... .... ""This can't be good. Down and seek refuge"I said, just as a chunk of my helmet got blown away, aquick shot from afar but I couldn't pinpoint where.... ...er, I reached withmy hand inside my chest and saw him raise his spear, his helmet almost broken too but the one who shot him wasn't lucky enough to en... ... ""Yes we do,how many times do I have to present it to you?"He lowered his helmet and threw it away as he asked, ready to do itonce more. Ready to dis... ...seeing it, shine right through the locked tight vision through the latched helmet that was stuck in their heads. "Whatare they talking about?"Finally ... ...belong, all for nothing, effort in vein, a mockery of everyone staring and batting at him.'Because it's your own damn fault'One man said, keeping the ...

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...sonable disobedient fearlessness, interrupts the attempted motionof seizure, in stoned noncalculation batting the contested consumer-commercialcommuni... ...river already honking, maybe at the loathsome flock of bicyclists with funnyhair cuts made funnier by helmets confusing him just standing there, Domin... ... gropingly through the littlecrowd of Cody K’s closest nose-ringed associates, ––. . . so long to the helmet26head herpes herd! I’m going to go get my... ...oddrive-thru joint, at least eight franchises of which he could afford to buyoutright and run without batting an eye, ––anyway, what I need from you i... ...crack house. ––Oh yeah, about that. . . Anaiyah feeling better, against her wishes,leomorphizing, batting almost fondly at her prey, an old and ha... ...rorders, ––like you might have left something at home. . . with a scolding lookand smirk, ––Your bike helmet, for example. ––Okay, thanks Mister W...

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... his wet, gleaming,and onyx skateboard. Then he took off his shining green helmet, the 29color of his eyes, and he shook out ... ....She smiled at James."Shouldn't you keep your eyes on the road?" she asked batting hereyelashes. James swiveled his head to look at the road. He gave ...