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First published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, November/December 2010. And we sit here! \par Where do you want to sit? \par You know what I mean. he Year and Horton’s The Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy (plus whatever stories fall under the “Dark He didn’t.

\par The Foundation itself told you they aimed at Galactic dominion? \par Told me! Riose was violent again. She seemed happy with the attention, more animated than I’d recalled seeing her before. It was the moment she had dreamt of and dreaded. It took him longerthan it should have to light his little fire, to warm the frozen ink.