<link href="StyleSheet.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/> <meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"/> <meta content="urn:uuid:913eebc5-de3d-46ce-b187-0380f951463e" name="Adept.expected.resource"/> </head> <body> <p> <br/></p> <p> <br/></p> <p class="title"><b><big><big><big>XLV</big></big></big></b></p> <p> <br/></p> <p> <br/></p> <p class="section">A <small>POP.</small> B<small>URNT</small> flesh. He could smell it. A red-hot needle on his cheek. A hand swiped at it. Not his. His eyes rolled, would not focus. He felt himself going again – tried to hold on by counting the dancing men on the wall. They slid sideways and upward and out of sight, and exhaustion plunged him back into oblivion.</p> </body> </html>