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Free Association
Prologue
It was always the same dream. A flight of stairs. She would run up, gun at the ready, safety off. Out of breath, she would make her way, frantically, through corridors and stairwells, dimly lit passageways in seedy hotels. And the stench always overpowered her nostrils, a mixture of decomposition and human waste. Beads of sweat lined her face, the salty aftertaste on her tongue. Echoes, shouting, some sort of altercation somewhere. She had to get there, she had to save her. The fragile, young woman behind one of these doors. The passageway lights flickered and then went out. She felt her way in the dark, grasping, groping along the wall. A piercing cry. She ran, forwards, until she grasped the handle of the door and pulled. It opened. She squeezed the trigger, momentarily blinded by the bright daylight. A thud, the young woman's crumpled frame. Paralyzed by fear and shock, she looked into the woman's eyes – her own reflection.